Author
Muhammad ibn Pir Ahmad al-shahir bi-Ibn Arghun al-Shirazi (early 16th century)
Publication Date
918 AH/AD 1512 (Ottoman)
Publication Place
Turkey, Bursa (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (18 x 11.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.591
Library Location
Not on view
Date
918 AH/AD 1512 (Ottoman)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.591 is a supergloss on the gloss (hashiyah) by al-Sayyid al-Sharif al-Jurjani (died 816 AH/AD 1413) on the Lawami' al-asrar by Qutb al-Din al-Tahtani al-Razi (died 766 AH/AD 1364), being in turn a commentary on a book of logic entitled Matali' al-anwar by Siraj al-Din Mahmud al-Urmawi (died 682 AH/AD 1283). Written for the library of the Ottoman Sultan Selim I, it was completed in Bursa in 918 AH/AD 1512, the year of that ruler's accession to the throne. The text, which opens with an illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b), is written in Naskh script mostly in black ink with certain words, such as qawluhu and aqulu, in red. It is possible that the scribe is also the author of this work. The brown goatskin binding with central lobed oval and pendants with arabesque designs is contemporary with the manuscript.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
The Cross and the Crescent: Books from the Ottoman Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2003, 1988
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
