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Walters Ms. W.592, Gospels

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Shelf mark

W.592


Manuscript

Gospels


Text title
Anājīl

Vernacular: اناجيل


Abstract

This illuminated and illustrated Arabic manuscript of the Gospels by Matthew (Mattá), Mark (Marquṣ), Luke (Lūqā), and John (Yūḥannā) was copied in Egypt by Ilyās Bāsim Khūrī Bazzī Rāhib, who was most likely a Coptic monk, in Anno Mundi 7192 / 1684 CE. The text is written in naskh in black ink with rubrics in red. The decoration is comprised of illuminated headpieces, numerous floral paintings, and approximately fifty illustrations (fols. 3a, 8a, 10a, 18a, 20b, 23a, 24a, 25a, 31b, 39a, 41a, 43a, 47a, 48b, 58a, 74a, 81b, 85b, 86b, 88b, 89b, 131b, 134b, 137b, 138b, 143b, 151a, 157a, 161a, 166a, 169a, 188b, 190b, 192b, 196a, 201a, 204b, 207a, 208b, 212a, 215a, 219a, 223b, 231a, 234a, 240b, 244a, 245a, 254b, and 260a ). The brown goatskin binding with blind-tooled central oval medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces is contemporary with the manuscript.


Date

7192 AM (li-Ādam) / 1684 CE


Origin

Egypt


Scribe

As-written name: Ilyās Bāsim Khūrī Bazzī Rāhib

Name, in vernacular: الياس باسم خوري بزي راهب


Form

Book


Genre

Scriptural


Language:

The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.


Colophon
fol. 261b:
  1. Transliteration: ʿallaqahu bi-yadih al-fāniyah afqar ʿibād Allāh taʿālá Ilyās Bāsim Khūrī Bazzī Rāhib sanat 7192 li-Ādam /1/ [underneath by a later hand] al-muwāfiq sanah 1684 masīḥīyah
  2. Comment: Contains the name of the scribe and the date of copying, which is given in Anno Mundi (li-Ādam)

Support material

Paper

Laid paper


Extent

Foliation: 261+i


Collation

Catchwords: Written obliquely on versos


Dimensions

11.0 cm wide by 16.0 cm high


Written surface

6.5 cm wide by 11.5 cm high


Layout
  1. Columns: 1
  2. Ruled lines: 15
  3. Framing lines in green and yellow

Contents:
fols. 1b - 261b:
  1. Title: Anājīl
  2. Scribe: Ilyās Bāsim Khūrī Bazzī Rāhib
  3. Incipit: مقدمة انجيل متى اللذي هذانا بتوفيقه...
  4. Text note: Contains the four Gospels by Matthew (Mattá), Mark (Marquṣ), Luke (Lūqā), and John (Yūḥannā); each Gospel introduced by a short preface
  5. Hand note: Written in naskh with headserifs (influenced by tawqīʿ) in black ink and rubrics in red ink
  6. Decoration note: Headpieces; illustrations; floral designs; text frames in green and yellow

Decoration:

fol. 1b:

  1. W.592, fol. 1b
  2. Title: Illuminated incipit with headpiece for the preface to the Gospel of Matthew
  3. Form: Incipit; headpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá)

fol. 2b:

  1. W.592, fol. 2b
  2. Title: Painted floral composition ending the preface to the Gospel of Matthew
  3. Form: Decoration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá)

fol. 3a:

  1. W.592, fol. 3a
  2. Title: Portrait of Matthew
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá)

fol. 3b:

  1. W.592, fol. 3b
  2. Title: Illuminated incipit with headpiece for the Gospel of Matthew
  3. Form: Incipit; headpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá)
  5. Label: This illuminated incipit with headpiece for the Gospel of Matthew begins: Kitāb al-Injīl al-sharīf al-ṭāhir…

fol. 8a:

  1. W.592, fol. 8a
  2. Title: The baptism of Christ
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 3:13-17

fol. 10a:

  1. W.592, fol. 10a
  2. Title: Jesus teaching his disciples
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 4:17-22

fol. 17b:

  1. W.592, fol. 17b
  2. Title: Floral headpiece for chapter 16 of the Gospel of Matthew
  3. Form: Headpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 16:1

fol. 18a:

  1. W.592, fol. 18a
  2. Title: Jesus heals a centurion's servant
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 7:13

fol. 20b:

  1. W.592, fol. 20b
  2. Title: Jesus heals the Gadarene demoniacs
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 8:28

fol. 23a:

  1. W.592, fol. 23a
  2. Title: Jesus raises a ruler’s daughter from the dead
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 9:25

fol. 24a:

  1. W.592, fol. 24a
  2. Title: Jesus heals two blind men
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 9:29

fol. 25a:

  1. W.592, fol. 25a
  2. Title: Sending forth the twelve apostles
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 10:1

fol. 31b:

  1. W.592, fol. 31b
  2. Title: Jesus heals the man with a withered hand
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 12:13

fol. 39a:

  1. W.592, fol. 39a
  2. Title: The beheading of St. John the Baptist
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 14:8-9

fol. 41a:

  1. W.592, fol. 41a
  2. Title: Jesus walks on water
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 14:29

fol. 43a:

  1. W.592, fol. 43a
  2. Title: Jesus and the Canaanite woman
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 15:26-27

fol. 47a:

  1. W.592, fol. 47a
  2. Title: The Transfiguration
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 17:5-6

fol. 48b:

  1. W.592, fol. 48b
  2. Title: Jesus heals a demon-possessed boy
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 17:18

fol. 58a:

  1. W.592, fol. 58a
  2. Title: Jesus curses the fig tree
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 21:19

fol. 74a:

  1. W.592, fol. 74a
  2. Title: Jesus prays in Gethsemane
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 26:39

fol. 81b:

  1. W.592, fol. 81b
  2. Title: The holy women at the tomb
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá), 28:1

fol. 83b:

  1. W.592, fol. 83b
  2. Title: Floral painted tailpiece to the Gospel of Matthew
  3. Form: Tailpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of Matthew (Mattá)

fol. 84a:

  1. W.592, fol. 84a
  2. Title: Illuminated incipit with headpiece introducing the Gospel of Mark
  3. Form: Incipit; headpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of Mark (Marquṣ)
  5. Label: Under this illuminated headpiece is written Muqaddimat Injīl Marquṣ al-Rasūl (Introduction to the Gospel of Mark the Evangelist; lit.: messenger) in red naskh.

fol. 85b:

  1. W.592, fol. 85b
  2. Title: Portrait of Mark
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Mark (Marquṣ)

fol. 86a:

  1. W.592, fol. 86a
  2. Title: Illuminated headpiece to the Gospel of St. Mark
  3. Form: Headpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of St. Mark (Marquṣ)

fol. 86b:

  1. W.592, fol. 86b
  2. Title: The preaching of St John the Baptist
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Mark (Marquṣ), 1:4

fol. 88b:

  1. W.592, fol. 88b
  2. Title: Jesus cures Simon's mother-in-law
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Mark (Marquṣ), 1:29-31

fol. 89b:

  1. W.592, fol. 89b
  2. Title: Jesus cleanses a leper
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Mark (Marquṣ), 1:40

fol. 131b:

  1. W.592, fol. 131b
  2. Title: Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Mark (Marquṣ), 16:9

fol. 133a:

  1. W.592, fol. 133a
  2. Title: Illuminated incipit with headpiece for the preface to the Gospel of Luke
  3. Form: Incipit; headpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā)
  5. Label: This is an illuminated headpiece for the preface to the Gospel of Luke (Lūqā). Under the panel in red naskh is written the following: muqaddimat Injīl Lūqā al-Bashīr.

fol. 134b:

  1. W.592, fol. 134b
  2. Title: Portrait of Luke
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā)

fol. 135a:

  1. W.592, fol. 135a
  2. Title: Illuminated incipit with headpiece for the Gospel of Luke
  3. Form: Incipit; headpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā)
  5. Label: This illuminated incipit page introduces the Gospel of Luke (Lūqā) with rubrics in red reading: Bishārat al-Qiddīs Lūqā.

fol. 137b:

  1. W.592, fol. 137b
  2. Title: The Annunciation
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 1:31

fol. 138b:

  1. W.592, fol. 138b
  2. Title: The Visitation
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 1:42

fol. 143b:

  1. W.592, fol. 143b
  2. Title: The boy Jesus in the Temple
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 2:46

fol. 151a:

  1. W.592, fol. 151a
  2. Title: Jesus heals a paralytic
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 5:17

fol. 157a:

  1. W.592, fol. 157a
  2. Title: Jesus raises a widow’s son at Nain
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 7:12

fol. 161b:

  1. W.592, fol. 161b
  2. Title: Jesus calms a storm on the sea
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 8:22

fol. 166a:

  1. W.592, fol. 166a
  2. Title: The feeding of the five thousand
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 9:16

fol. 169a:

  1. W.592, fol. 169a
  2. Title: Jesus teaching on true greatness
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 9:47-48

fol. 188b:

  1. W.592, fol. 188b
  2. Title: Jesus blesses the children
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 18:15-16

fol. 190b:

  1. W.592, fol. 190b
  2. Title: Jesus and Zacchaeus
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 19:1

fol. 192b:

  1. W.592, fol. 192b
  2. Title: Jesus's entry into Jerusalem
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 19:28

fol. 196a:

  1. W.592, fol. 196a
  2. Title: The widow’s offering
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 21:1

fol. 201a:

  1. W.592, fol. 201a
  2. Title: The betrayal and arrest of Jesus
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 22:47

fol. 204b:

  1. W.592, fol. 204b
  2. Title: The Crucifixion
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 23:44

fol. 207a:

  1. W.592, fol. 207a
  2. Title: The walk to Emmaus
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 24:13

fol. 208b:

  1. W.592, fol. 208b
  2. Title: Jesus appears to his disciples
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā), 24:36

fol. 209b:

  1. W.592, fol. 209b
  2. Title: Painted floral tailpiece to the Gospel of Luke
  3. Form: Tailpiece
  4. Text: Gospel of Luke (Lūqā)

fol. 210a:

  1. W.592, fol. 210a
  2. Title: Full-page floral composition marking the beginning of the Gospel of John (Yūḥannā)
  3. Form: Decoration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā)

fol. 212a:

  1. W.592, fol. 212a
  2. Title: illuminated incipit with headpiece for the Gospel of John and a portrait of John
  3. Form: Incipit; headpiece; illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā)

fol. 215a:

  1. W.592, fol. 215a
  2. Title: The wedding feast at Cana
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 2:1-2

fol. 219a:

  1. W.592, fol. 219a
  2. Title: Jesus and the woman of Samaria
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 4:7

fol. 222b:

  1. W.592, fol. 222b
  2. Title: The cure of a man at the pool of Bethzatha
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 5:8-9

fol. 231a:

  1. W.592, fol. 231a
  2. Title: Jesus and the adulteress woman
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 7:45

fol. 234a:

  1. W.592, fol. 234a
  2. Title: The healing of the blind man
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 9:1

fol. 240b:

  1. W.592, fol. 240b
  2. Title: Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 12:3

fol. 244a:

  1. W.592, fol. 244a
  2. Title: Jesus washes the disciples' feet
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 13:5

fol. 245a:

  1. W.592, fol. 245a
  2. Title: The Last Supper
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 13:12

fol. 254b:

  1. W.592, fol. 254b
  2. Title: The mocking of Christ
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 19:1

fol. 257a:

  1. W.592, fol. 257a
  2. Title: The Entombment of Christ
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 19:38

fol. 260a:

  1. W.592, fol. 260a
  2. Title: Jesus appears to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias
  3. Form: Illustration
  4. Text: Gospel of John (Yūḥannā), 21:1

fol. 261b:

  1. W.592, fol. 261b
  2. Title: Floral painted explicit to the Four Gospels and a colophon
  3. Form: Explicit; colophon
  4. Label: The colophon gives the name of the scribe as Ilyās Bāsim Khūrī Bazzī Rāhib and the date as 7192 li-Ādam. Underneath, the date is given as 1684 masīḥīyah.

Binding

Inapplicable.

Contemporary with manuscript; brown goatskin (with flap); blind-tooled central oval medallion and cornerpieces


Acquisition

Acquired by Henry Walters in Paris from Leon Gruel; Henry Walters Ex Libris book plate on the inside of the upper board


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.