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Commentary on Select Verses of the Qur'an

Title	Commentary on Select Verses of the Qur'an
Author	Okçuzade Mehmet Sahî (Islamic, died 1039 AH/AD 1629)
Publication Date:	11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
Publication Place	Turkey (Place of Origin) -
Subject	Islamic World, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts
Type	belge
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	Folio H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 5/16 in. (24.5 x 13.5 cm)
Library:	The Walters Art Museum
Record ID	W.667
Library Location	Not on view
Date	11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)
Notes	Walters manuscript W.667 is an Ottoman Turkish commentary on 40 verses of the Qur'an with hadith and verse citations by Okçuzade Mehmet Sahî (died 1039 AH/AD 1629), copied in the 11th century AH/AD 17th. The text is written in Naskh script in black and red ink. The bequest (waqf) stamp of al-Wazir al-Shahid "Ali Pasha, dated 1130 AH, appears on fols. 1a, 1b, and 2a. The name of a former owner, Sayyid Burhan al-Din, and his seal dated 1039 AH is found on fol. 1a. The text begins with an illuminated incipit with headpiece (fol. 1b). The dark brown goatskin binding with central lobed medallion filled with floral scroll work and outlined in gold is contemporary with the manuscript.
Bağış/Edinim	Acquired by Henry Walters

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Commentary on Select Verses of the Qur'an

Author Okçuzade Mehmet Sahî (Islamic, died 1039 AH/AD 1629)

Publication Date 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)

Publication Place Turkey (Place of Origin) -

Subject Islamic World, Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts

Type belge

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions Folio H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 5/16 in. (24.5 x 13.5 cm)

Library The Walters Art Museum

Record ID W.667

Library Location Not on view

Date 11th century AH/AD 17th century (Ottoman)

Notes Walters manuscript W.667 is an Ottoman Turkish commentary on 40 verses of the Qur'an with hadith and verse citations by Okçuzade Mehmet Sahî (died 1039 AH/AD 1629), copied in the 11th century AH/AD 17th. The text is written in Naskh script in black and red ink. The bequest (waqf) stamp of al-Wazir al-Shahid "Ali Pasha, dated 1130 AH, appears on fols. 1a, 1b, and 2a. The name of a former owner, Sayyid Burhan al-Din, and his seal dated 1039 AH is found on fol. 1a. The text begins with an illuminated incipit with headpiece (fol. 1b). The dark brown goatskin binding with central lobed medallion filled with floral scroll work and outlined in gold is contemporary with the manuscript.

Bağış/Edinim Acquired by Henry Walters