Author
African
Publication Date
6th century AH/AD 12th century
Publication Place
Maghreb (Place of Origin) -
Subject
Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic World, Islamic Manuscripts
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Folio H: 6 5/16 x W: 5 7/8 in. (16 x 15 cm)
Library
The Walters Art Museum
Record ID
W.556
Library Location
Not on view
Date
6th century AH/AD 12th century
Notes
Walters manuscript W.556, a square-format manuscript on parchment, is volume 9 (al-juz' al-tasi') of the Qur'an, covering chapter 29 (Surat 'ankabut), verse 46, to the end of chapter 37 (Surat al-saffat). It dates to the 6th century AH/AD 12th and was produced in the Maghreb. The text is written in Maghribi script in dark brown ink and vocalized with polychrome dots. The manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 3b-4a) and incipit (fol. 4b). Verse markers in the shape of trefoils indicate the end of each verse, and the letter ha' in the form of a teardrop and discs with rosettes indicate groups of five and ten verses. The illuminated finispiece with colophon (fol. 133b) states that it is the end of volume 9 of the Qur'an (al-juz' al-tasi' min al-rab'ah) and offers a prayer for the Prophet Muhammad and his family. The dark red goatskin binding dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th.
Sergi Ayrıntıları
Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Sergi Yılı
2007
Bağış/Edinim
Acquired by Henry Walters
