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| Keywords: Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri - Right Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit - Walters W5771B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 577 is the right side of this illuminated double-page incipit is the incipit for chapter 1 Surat al-fatihah The page is divided into three compartments an upper and lower panel flanking a central area In the upper and lower panels the chapter title and number of verses are inscribed in headings in Riqa' script in white ink In the central area the Qur'anic verses are written in vocalized Naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red The border contains polychrome trefoils and floral scroll work on a blue ground 1282 AH/AD 1865-1866 Ottoman ink and pigments on cream-colored paper cm 13 9 accession number W 577 1B 79967 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Qur'an 19th century Walters MS 577 | ||||
