Author
Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili (died 656 AH/AD 1258)
Publication Date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
Publication Place
Turkey (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 12 3/8 x W: 8 7/16 in. (31.5 x 21.5 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.578
Library Location
Not on view
Date
11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
Notes
Walters manuscript W.578 is an illuminated manuscript of the well-known prayer called Hizb al-bahr (Litany of the sea) by Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili (died 656 AH/AD 1258), the founder of the Shadhiliyah sufi order. It was copied in the 11th century AH/AD 17th in Ottoman Turkey. The text, on gold-sprinkled paper with tan tinted margins, is written in a variety of large-size scripts, including Thuluth, Muhaqqaq, Rayhan, and Tawqi', vocalized in black and blue. Illuminated rosettes with colored dots serve as verse markers.There is a bequest (waqf) statement (fol. 2a) in the name of Sultan 'Uthman Khan III (reigned 1168-1171 AH/AD 1754-1757), signed by Ibrahim Hanif, inspector of awqaf. The illuminated finispiece (fol. 7b) is inscribed with the basmalah and hamdalah in white Thuluth script in horizontal panels that frame a central lozenge containing Qur'anic verses in green and black Square Kufic. The binding of gold-sprinkled pink paper over pasteboard with central lobed gold-tooled medallion dates to the late 11th century AH/AD 17th or the 12th century AH/AD 18th. The fact that the flap is on the wrong side suggests that the manuscript may have been rebound at a later stage.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., The Cross and the Crescent: Books from the Ottoman Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2007, 2003
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
