Author
Abu al-Fadl 'Iyad ibn Musá ibn 'Iyad al-Yashubi (died 544 AH/AD 1149)
Publication Date
12th century AH/AD 18th century
Publication Place
Maghreb (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Islamic World, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 10 5/8 x W: 7 7/8 in. (27.0 x 20.0 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.580
Library Location
Not on view
Date
12th century AH/AD 18th century
Notes
This illuminated manuscript, Walters manuscript W.580, is volume 3 of a work on the duties of Muslims toward the Prophet Muhammad known as al-Shifa' by 'Iyad al-Yashubi (died 544 AH/AD 1149). It was copied in the12th century AH/AD 18th in the Maghreb. The text is written in Maghribii script in black ink with certain words highlighted in red and blue. The manuscript opens with an illuminated titlepiece indicating that it is volume 3 of al-Shifa' (fol. 2a), which is followed by a double-page frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a) and a page with another illuminated titlepiece (fol. 3b). It concludes with an illuminated explicit with tailpiece inscribed with the prayer for the Prophet Muhammad (fol. 140a). The binding is reddish-brown goatskin with a gold-tooled frame and a central medallion of geometric design with two pendants.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore., Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2007, 1988
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
