Author
Sultan Murad III (r. AH 982–1003 / AD 1574–95).
Publication Date
1001/ 1593
Publication Place
Turkey. -
Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Subject
The parts of the quarter are made of paper, and written on it with colored ink and gold water. The covers of the quarter's parts are made of decorated and gilded leather. The box in which the quarter was kept was made of wood painted with decorative plaster.
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
الطول: 36 سم؛ العرض: 24.5 سم؛ السمك: 2 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
م/ ش/40
Record ID
object;ISL;pa;Mus01;36;ar
Library Location
Islamic Museum, Al-Haram Al-Sharif
Date
1001/ 1593
Notes
The piece is a quadrilateral (the Qur’an divided into thirty parts) kept in two identical cubic boxes made of wood. Each box was covered with a layer of plaster, then painted black, and decorated with several writing bands containing texts written in gold water and in thuluth script. The texts included prophetic hadiths urging the reading of the Holy Qur’an. The corners of the lid of each box are decorated with floral decorations consisting of interlocking plants gathered together by a geometric frame with zigzag lines. Each of the parts of the quarter is bound with a cover with two covers and a flap (closing flap). In the middle of each rudder is a medallion with a spiral frame and a gilded ground, decorated with golden climbing floral designs. Each bundle is connected at the top and bottom by two suspension rings. The inside of each bookcase is decorated with a basket divided into gilded geometric shapes on a background of blue, black, red and green. The sacrament is connected at the top and bottom by a small sacrament. It was mentioned at the beginning of the first part as the endowment of the complete fourth. At the beginning of each part is a brief pause written on the first page, surrounded at the top and bottom by two decorative bands that vary in size and decorative style from one part to another. Folios 2b-3a form the front of each part, and consist of two identical pages in decorative plan. The center of the book forms the place where they meet. He wrote five lines on each page: the first line was written in gold, the second in black, the third in gold, and so on. The text on these two pages is surrounded by several bands with very beautiful decorations, colored in gold and red on a blue background, interspersed with drawings of climbing plants in different colors. Each page of the Thirty-Four Parts is divided into five horizontal rectangles. In each of the first, third, and fifth rectangles, one line of the Qur’an was written in the large, golden Rihani script, while in each of the second and fourth rectangles, four lines were written in the black thuluth script. Two side strips were cut from the second and fourth rectangles on both sides, decorated with interwoven and gilded floral ornamental designs on a white background. The layout of this quarter is similar to the layout of the Qur’an of Sultan Bayezid (964 / 1556). The name of His Majesty was written in gold wherever it appears, and the name of the surah, the number of its verses, and the place of its revelation were written in gold within a ribbon decorated in gold and blue. The quincunx and tenth marks took the form of circular ornaments in the margins.
Sample Text
Khader Salameh "Rub'a of Sultan Murad" in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;pa;Mus01;36;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi
Prepared by:Khader SALAMEHKhader Salameh has been the Director of the Islamic Museum and Al-Aqsa Library in Jerusalem for more than two decades. He was previously employed in the Hebrew University Library and worked as a librarian in Saudi Arabia and as a teacher in Libya. He is a Ph.D. Candidate in Ottoman History. He received a Certificate of Librarianship in 1986 from the Hebrew University. He obtained his BA degree from Beirut University in 1980. He catalogued the Manuscripts Collections of the Haram al-Sharif, which was published in six parts in several countries. His publications include many articles on different subjects and a recent publication in English and Arabic on the Qur'an manuscripts in the Islamic Museum.
Seçili bibliyografya
Farid, M.,Tarikh al-Daula al-'Ulya al-Othmaniya [History of the Ottoman Empire],Beirut, 1981.Salameh, K.,Al-Makhtutat al-Qur'aniya fi al-Muthaf al-Islami fi al-Haram al-Sharif, al-Quds [The Qur'anic Manuscripts in the Islamic Museum in al-Haram al-Sharif, Jerusalem],Paris, 2003.
