MAKE A MEME View Large Image Iranian - Right Side of a Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece - Walters W5571B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 557 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece inscribed with the creed that the Qur'an is ...
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Keywords: Iranian - Right Side of a Double-page Illuminated Frontispiece - Walters W5571B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 557 is the right side of a double-page illuminated frontispiece inscribed with the creed that the Qur'an is God's word uncreated al-Qur'an kalam Allah ghayr makhluq wa-man qala makhluq fa-huwa kafir bi-Allah al-'Ali al-Azim This inscription is written in Thuluth script 6th century AH/AD 12th century ink pigments laid paper with chain lines that appear to be grouped in twos cm 34 5 20 5 accession number W 557 1B 77612 Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan reigned 1168 AH/AD 1754-1171 AH/AD 1757 date and mode of acquisition unknown Erased seal of Sultan 'Uthman Khan ibn Mustafá Khan and a waqf inscription by Ibrahim Hanif and his seal fol 1a Henry Walters Baltimore 1897 mode of acquisition unknown Inscription in pencil H enry W alters May 1897 direct from Constantinople front flyleaf ia Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1897 place of origin Iran Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Art of Iran Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Qur'an manuscripts 12th century
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