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Walters Ms. W.586, Work on the duties of Muslims toward the Prophet Muhammad with an account of his lifeBrowse images (Browse images in a new window) | TEI in XML format
Manuscript
Work on the duties of Muslims toward the Prophet Muhammad with an account of his life
Text title
Vernacular: Ø§ÙØ´Ùاء Ù٠تعرÙÙ ØÙÙ٠اÙ٠صطÙÙ
Author
As-written name: AbÅ« al-Faá¸l Ê¿IyÄḠibn MÅ«sá al-YaḥṣubÄ« al-BÄhilÄ«
Supplied name: Ê¿IyÄḠal-YaḥṣubÄ« (d. 544 AH / 1149 CE)
Name, in vernacular: اب٠اÙÙØ¶Ù Ø¹ÙØ§Ø¶ Ø¨Ù Ù ÙØ³Ù اÙÙØØµØ¨Ù Ø§ÙØ¨Ø§ÙÙÙ
Note: Author name supplied by cataloger
Abstract
This manuscript is an illuminated copy of the popular work on the duties of Muslims toward the Prophet Muhammad known as al-ShifÄʾ by Ê¿IyÄḠal-YaḥṣubÄ« (d. 544 AH / 1149 CE). According to the colophon, it was completed in 1191 AH / 1777 CE by SalÄ«m al-RashÄ«d. The text is written in Turkish naskh script in black ink with incidentals in red and gold. The dark brown leather binding is contemporary with the manuscript.
Date
16 ShawwÄl 1191 AH / 1777 CE
Scribe
As-written name: Salīm al-Rashīd
Name, in vernacular: سÙÙÙ Ø§ÙØ±Ø´Ùد
Language:
The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
Colophon
fol. 242b:Extent
Foliation: ii+243+ii
Collation
Catchwords: Written obliquely on versos
Comments: Codex mostly made up of quires of ten folios (quinions)
Dimensions
10.5 cm wide by 18.0 cm high
Written surface
5.5 cm wide by 11.5 cm high
Layout
Contents:
fols. 1b - 242b:Decoration:
Upper board outside:
fol. 1b:
Binding
The binding is original.
Dark brown leather (with flap); lobed central oval with cornerpieces and borders; doublures of red leather with gold-painted ovals and cornerpieces
Provenance
Seal impression with the name al-Sayyid Abū Bakr al-Ḥilmī and the date 1281[?]AH / 1864-5[?] CE (fol. 1a)
Acquisition
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Bibliography
Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (New York; KoÌln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 1: 455, S1: 630.
Contributors
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Catalogers: Landau, Amy; Smith, Sita
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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