Publication Date
1573
Subject
Holy Quran
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Pages Count
520
Physical Dimensions
49x35 cm. — 9 — Sülüs
Library
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanlığı Milli Saraylar Başkanlığı
Library Asset ID
1
Record ID
23656
Library Location
Library of New Manuscripts
Date
1573
Notes
The container is made of angular and rounded gilt relief on black leather, with cloud and flower decorations and sunbursts. Verses and hadiths are written with relief gilding on the edges, and "Amel-i Mirza Mehmed Tebrizli" is written on one corner. The miklebi is made of black leather made later. The inside of the container is carved and the base is decorated with colored gilding; Its outer border is decorated in the same style on a blue background, and its inner border is decorated with gilt and relief decorations. Surahs al-Fatiha and al-Baqarah are monolithic, illuminated and decorated and written in white on gilding. The borders are on a black background and gilded, and the surahs are decorated with gilding, red and green colors on a dark blue background. One line of the text is written in gilt and the other line is written in black. It has no ketebe. It has the seal (Bilecik Cumhuriyet Müdde-i Umumîsi) on pages 1, 23, 38, 105, 145, 195, 215, 268, 309, 342, 518 and 520. The leaf was torn at the seam and the uninscribed part until 387-397 and was repaired. Finally, although there is a piece called Falnâme written in Persian on leaves 519b–520b, its ending is incomplete. The language of the work is Arabic and it has 520 pages. The text is written in 9 lines in Thuluth calligraphy. It has 2 plates and a title.