Image: Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri - Right Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit - Walters W5771B - Full Page
Description: 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.
Title: Right Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit
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