Publication Date
17th century (Safavid)
Publication Place
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The Walters Art Museum
Subject
Culture: Islamic | more | less
Type
Book
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
Dimensions: H: 15 3/16 x W: 10 1/16 in. (38.5 x 25.5 cm)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
W.569.332B
Record ID
walters-81152
Library Location
The Walters Art Museum
Date
17th century (Safavid)
Notes
This folio from Walters manuscript W.569 contains the right side of a table of divination (bibliomancy or tafa'ul) executed in Arabic in Tawqi' script and in Persian in Nasta'liq script. The top inscription reads: fi al-tafa<'>ul min kalam Allah al-Majid.
This illuminated copy of the Qur'an was produced in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE in Iran. Apart from using a number of scripts, such as naskh, muḥaqqaq, and tawqīʿ, the manuscript features six pairs of decorated pages; two illuminated headpieces; and chapter headings, interlinear illumination, and marginal decoration. The Qur'anic text begins on fol. 2b and ends on fol. 331a. It is followed by a prayer (duʿāʾ) and a table of divination (taf'ul) in Arabic and Persian (fols. 332b-333a).The black leather binding has a central piece in the form of a diamond with pendants on four sides. The inner boards, with their traditional dentelle decoration, feature text from the "verse of the throne" (āyat al-kursī), 2:255-6, which is inscribed in the outer frame.For the latest information about this object, illuminated manuscripts; folios (leaves), visit art.thewalters.org. | Dynasty: Safavid Dynasty | Inscriptions: | Reign: | Style: | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
MSS, ISL, MIS | Manuscripts
Malzeme
ink and paint on thick cream-colored, gold-flecked paper
