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Folios from an Ottoman Qur'an

Title	Folios from an Ottoman Qur'an
Publication Date:	1457-1458 (862H)
Type	Document
Language	ara,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	365 mm x 278 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is 1492
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	1457-1458 (862H)
Notes	Folios from an Ottoman Qur'an. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, modern binding, 8 folios, Arabic text in muhaqqaq script and interlinear Persian translation in naskh script, with illuminated double page (chahar-lawh, fols. 1v-2r), six sura headings (fols. 3r, 4v, 5r, 6r, 7v, 8r) and marginal markers throughout, non-sequential folios from a Qur’an (Sura 18:107-19:10, S14:50-15:9, S41:50-54, S42:1-4, S17:109-111, S18:1-6, S15:96-16:7, S77:34-78:8, S78:38-79:17), possibly illuminated by Ottoman court artist Baba Nakkaş, unsigned, Edirne, Turkey, dated (in the original codex, Istanbul Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi no.30) 862H, 1457-1458. Another four folios are in Lisbon, Gulbenkian Museum M20A&B and M27A&B.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı	Codex, Qur'an
Yazı Tipi	Muhaqqaq script, Naskh script

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Folios from an Ottoman Qur'an

Publication Date 1457-1458 (862H)

Type Document

Language ara,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 365 mm x 278 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is 1492

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 1457-1458 (862H)

Notes Folios from an Ottoman Qur'an. Codex, ink, colours and gold on paper, modern binding, 8 folios, Arabic text in muhaqqaq script and interlinear Persian translation in naskh script, with illuminated double page (chahar-lawh, fols. 1v-2r), six sura headings (fols. 3r, 4v, 5r, 6r, 7v, 8r) and marginal markers throughout, non-sequential folios from a Qur’an (Sura 18:107-19:10, S14:50-15:9, S41:50-54, S42:1-4, S17:109-111, S18:1-6, S15:96-16:7, S77:34-78:8, S78:38-79:17), possibly illuminated by Ottoman court artist Baba Nakkaş, unsigned, Edirne, Turkey, dated (in the original codex, Istanbul Türk ve Islam Eserleri Müzesi no.30) 862H, 1457-1458. Another four folios are in Lisbon, Gulbenkian Museum M20A&B and M27A&B.

Materyal Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Leather (material)

Nesne Adı Codex, Qur'an

Yazı Tipi Muhaqqaq script, Naskh script