Keywords: Haydar al-Husayni - Illuminated Double-page Incipit with Titlepiece - Walters W6421B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 642 is the right side of an illuminated double-page incipit from with the top panel inscribed with the title of the poem in white Tawqi'/Riqa' script on a gold background The text area has interlinear gilt decoration with polychrome floral motifs The illuminated borders are of a blue ground with gilt medallions and floral forms 965 AH/AD 1557-1558 Safavid ink and pigments on cream-colored gold-sprinkled laid paper cm 24 5 15 accession number W 642 1B 80969 Unknown collection seal erased original shelfmark of 3934 on on tail edge of codex Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Subhat al-Abrar Rosary of the Devout by Jami Walters MS 642 |