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Walters Ms. W.567, Koran
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Text title
Vernacular: اÙÙØ±Ø¢Ù
Abstract
This manuscript is a small illuminated single-volume copy of the Qurʾan, likely produced in Iran. A date is inscribed on the final page, which is interpreted as 1230 AH / 1814-5 CE (fol. 186b). The manuscript opens with an illuminated double-page incipit with the verses of chapter 1 (SÅ«rat al-fÄtiḥah) and the initial verses of chapter 2 (SÅ«rat al-baqarah), decorated with interlinear illumination (fols. 1b-2a). The text is in vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red and text divisions, such as thirty verses (juzʾ) or sixty verses (ḥizb), in the margins. Illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses. Chapter headings are in riqÄÊ¿ script in red ink on a gold ground. The nineteenth-century lacquer binding with a floral composition on a gold field on the upper and lower boards seems to be contemporary with the manuscript. The insides of both boards are painted with a lobed yellow central medallion and pendants on an orange field.
Date
Probably 1230 AH / 1814-5 CE; date forged to look like 1030? AH / 1621 CE
Language:
The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
Collation
Catchwords: On versos, written obliquely outside the frame
Comments:
Dimensions
8.0 cm wide by 13.5 cm high
Written surface
5.0 cm wide by 10.0 cm high
Layout
- Columns: 1
- Ruled lines: 21
- Framing lines in blue, black, and gold; outer double frame in black
Contents:
fols. 1b - 186a:
- Title: al-QurʾÄn
- Text note: Entire text in one volume; insertions in text on fols. 30b, 39b, 63b, 112a, 121a, 129a, and 179a; corrections on fols. 4b, 25a, and 51a
- Hand note: Text written in fully vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks (abbreviations) in red; chapter headings in riqÄÊ¿ script in red ink on gold ground; textual dividers, such as thirty verses (juzʾ) or sixty verses (ḥizb), inscribed in red ink in the margins
- Decoration note: Double-page illuminated incipit (fols. 1b-2a); chapter headings in riqÄÊ¿ script in red ink on gold ground; illuminated discs with colored dots separating verses; illuminated text frame in gold, black, and blue
Decoration:
Upper board outside:
- Title: Binding
- Form: Binding
- Label: This nineteenth-century lacquer binding has a floral composition on a gold field on the upper and lower boards. It appears to be contemporary with the manuscript.
Upper board inside:
- Title: Inside of upper board
- Form: Binding
- Label: The insides of both upper and lower boards are painted with a lobed, yellow central medallion and pendants on an orange field. They may have been painted slightly later, possibly in India (Kashmir).
fol. 1b:
- Title: Right side of a double-page illuminated incipit
- Form: Incipit
- Text: Chapter 1 (SÅ«rat al-fÄtiḥah)
- Label: This is the right side of a double-page illuminated incipit. The verses of chapter 1 (SÅ«rat al-fÄtiḥah), are written in a vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red and interlinear gold decoration. The chapter headings and indication of number of verses are written in riqÄâ script in red ink on a gold ground in the upper rectangular panel. A wide illuminated border with blue half medallions and polychrome arabesques surrounds the text. The upper and lower panels and text area are separated by red frames with white dots and a narrow white border with black motifs.
fol. 2a:
- Title: Left side of a double-page illuminated incipit
- Form: Incipit
- Text: Chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah)
- Label: This is the left side of a double-page illuminated incipit. The verses of chapter 2 (SÅ«rat al-baqarah), are written in a vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red and interlinear gold decoration. The chapter headings and indication of number of verses are written in riqÄâ script in red ink on a gold ground in the upper rectangular panel. A wide illuminated border with blue half medallions and polychrome arabesques surrounds the text. The upper and lower panels and text area are separated by red frames with white dots and a narrow white border with black motifs.
fol. 2b:
- Title: Text page with verses of chapter 2
- Form: Text page
- Text: Chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah)
- Label: The text is written in vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. Illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.
fol. 24b:
- Title: Text page with illuminated chapter heading for chapter 4
- Form: Chapter heading
- Text: Chapter 4 (SÅ«rat al-nisÄ')
- Label: This text page has an illuminated chapter heading for chapter 4 (SÅ«rat al-nisÄ') in riqÄÊ¿ script in red ink on a gold ground. The text is in vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red, and illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.
fol. 33a:
- Title: Text page with illuminated chapter heading for chapter 5
- Form: Chapter heading
- Text: Chapter 5 (SÅ«rat al-mÄ'idah)
- Label: This text page has an illuminated chapter heading for chapter 5 (SÅ«rat al-mÄ'idah), written in riqÄÊ¿ script in red ink on a gold ground. The text is in vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red, and illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.
fol. 65a:
- Title: Text page with sixty-verse marker
- Form: Text page
- Text: Chapter 10 (Sūrat Yūnus)
- Label: The text is in vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. In the margin at the right is the textual divider for sixty verses (ḥizb).
fol. 185b:
- Title: Text page with illuminated chapter headings for chapters 111 and 112
- Form: Chapter headings
- Text: Chapter 111 (SÅ«rat al-lahab) and chapter 112 (SÅ«rat al-ilkhÄs)
- Label: This text page has two illuminated chapter headings written in riqÄÊ¿ script in red ink on a gold ground for chapter 111 (SÅ«rat al-lahab) and chapter 112 (SÅ«rat al-ilkhÄs).
fol. 186a:
- Title: Text page of chapters 113 and 114
- Form: Text page
- Text: Chapter 113 (SÅ«rat al-falaq) and chapter 114 (SÅ«rat al-nÄs)
- Label: Chapters 113 (SÅ«rat al-falaq) and 114 (SÅ«rat al-nÄs) are written in vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. A date is inscribed as 1030 AH / 1621 CE and is believed to have been forged. It is now interpreted as 1230 AH / 1814-5 CE.
Binding
The binding is not original.
Contemporary with manuscript; lacquer binding (no flap); floral composition on a gold ground enclosed by a gold frame with a repeating pattern on a black ground; insides of both upper and lower boards painted with a lobed, yellow central medallion and pendants with floral motifs on an orange ground, possibly in India (Kashmir)
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Contributors
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita
Copy editor: Bockrath, Diane
Conservators: Jewell, Stephanie; Quandt, Abigail
Contributors: Barrera, Christina; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Tabritha, Ariel; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara
Publisher
The Walters Art Museum
License
Licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Access Rights, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcode. It is requested that copies of any published articles based on the information in this data set be sent to the curator of manuscripts, The Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201.
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