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Walters Ms. W.576, Koran

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Shelf mark

W.576


Manuscript

Koran


Text title
al-Qurʾān

Vernacular: القرآن


Abstract

This small copy of the Qur'an was penned by an anonymous scribe in Iran in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth century CE.


Date

13th century AH / 19th century CE


Origin

Iran


Form

Book


Genre

Scriptural


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic. The secondary language of this manuscript is Persian.


Support material

Paper

Non-European laid paper


Extent

Foliation: iii+211+ii


Dimensions

6.5 cm wide by 10.0 cm high


Written surface

4.5 cm wide by 8.0 cm high


Layout
  1. Columns: 1
  2. Ruled lines: 18

Contents:
fols. 1b - 211a:
  1. Title: al-Qurʾān
  2. Contents: Qur'an
  3. Text note: Fols.1b-2a contains an index of chapters
  4. Hand note: Black vocalized naskh, chapter-headings in red riqāʿ on gold background.
  5. Decoration note: Double-frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a) containing a prayer arranged in the form of two medallions with pendants (black, red, and blue ink). Double-page opening decoration (fols. 5b-6a) with text of the first chapter and the beginning of the second.
fols. 190a - 211a:
  1. Title: Prayers and rules for the recitation of the Qur’an
  2. Contents: Main text is followed by various prayers and rules for the recitation of the Qur’an (al-aḥkām al-tajwīdīyah), abbreviations for pauses (rumūz al-waqf), names of seven reciters, etc. (all in Arabic and Persian, fols. 190a-211a).

Binding

The binding is original.

Original nineteenth-century lacquer binding (without flap), with floral design painted on gold ground. Doublures show an all-over pattern of five-petaled flowers painted in gold on a red ground.


Provenance

Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931


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; Damon, Elena; Emery, Doug; Herbert, Lynley; Noel, William; Simpson, Shreve; Toth, Michael B.; Valle, Chiara


Publisher

The Walters Art Museum


License

Licensed for use under Creative Commons Zero: No Rights Reserved, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/