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| Keywords: Indian - Album of Indian Miniatures and Persian Calligraphy - Walters W669 - Top Exterior.jpg Walters manuscript W 669 is an album muraqqa' compiled in the late 13th century AH/AD 19th or possibly later It contains 19 Deccani paintings and 4 pages of hikastah calligraphy fols 3b 7b 8a and 9b one of which is dated 1211 AH/AD 1796 fol 3b The paintings which date to the late 12th century AH/AD 18th or 13th century AH/AD 19th come from a ragmala series attributable to the Deccan A ragmala is a visualization of a musical mode or melody This album contains a mix of visualizations of ragas male musical modes and raginis female musical modes considered to be the wives of the male musical modes The codex was formerly in an accordion format and the multicolor flexible cloth hinges on the leaves are still visible It was later rebound in a brown goatskin binding with a central lobed oval late 12th century AH/AD 18th century-13th century AH/AD 19th century Rajput ink and pigments on paper covered with light brown goatskin Folio cm 29 5 20 5 accession number W 669 34582 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Deccan India Walters Art Museum license 2D Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Mughal manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
