Author
Widmannstetter, Johann Albrecht | 1506-1557 | GND ID: (DE-588)117342580
Publication Date
624 h.q. 1226
Subject
Spanien, Spain, 1226
Type
Document
Language
Undetermined
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
130
Physical Dimensions
130 Blätter : Illustrationen : 22 x 20 cm
Library
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
Library Asset ID
BV046809715
Record ID
991084856269707356
Library Location
Available: Cod.arab. 1 a
Date
624 h.q. 1226
Notes
Short photo of a manuscript, BSB provenance: Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter
Sample Text
This manuscript from the early 13th century is one of the few surviving Korans from Islamic Spain. It was completed in Seville in 1226 AD (624 AD) and was saved from destruction during the Reconquista by Muslim refugees fleeing Spain to North Africa. When the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500-58) conquered Tunis in 1535 in an expedition against the Barbary pirates, his troops took the Koran and brought it back to Europe. The manuscript later came into the possession of Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter (1506-57), a diplomat and orientalist, whose library later formed the basis of the Munich court library. The text is written on parchment in condensed Andalusian script. Gold dominates in the color scheme of the first double page spread, in the headings of the surahs (chapters), and in the verse markers and ornaments in the margins that relate to prostrations and the division of the Quran into sections. The last page with the colophon is set in a rosette surrounded by a square frame. The manuscript is in the Bavarian State Library. // Author: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Orient and Asia Department // Date: 2019, English version: This early 13th-century manuscript is among the very few surviving dated Qur'ans from Islamic Spain. Completed in Seville in 1226 AD (624 AH), it was rescued from destruction during the Reconquista (reconquest) by Muslim refugees who fled Spain for North Africa. In 1535, when the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500–58) conquered Tunis in an expedition against the Barbary pirates, his troops seized the Qur'an and took it back to Europe. The manuscript subsequently came into possession of Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter (1506–57), a diplomat and orientalist whose library later became the foundation for the Munich court library. The text is written on parchment in condensed Andalusi script. Gold dominates in the coloring of the opening double page, in the surah (chapter) headings, and in the verse markers and ornaments in the margins referring to prostrations and the division of the Qur'an into sections. The final page with the colophon is set in a rosette surrounded by a square frame. The manuscript is at the Bavarian State Library in Munich, Germany. // Author: Bavarian State Library, Oriental and Asia Department // Date: 2019
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