Talismanic manuscript

عنوان	Talismanic manuscript
تاریخ انتشار:	Hegira 12th century / AD 18th century
محل انتشار	Ottoman Empire -
موضوع	Ottoman — Gouache, black and red ink, colloidal gold on polished paper; cardboard, leather and silk binding
نوع	kitap
زبان	نامشخص
دیجیتال	بله
نسخه خطی	بله
ابعاد فیزیکی	Diameter: 10.7cm (binding); Height: 7cm; Width: 7cm (cover)
کتابخانه:	Museum With No Frontiers
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه	111490 / 1744
شماره ثبت	EPM_rm_Mus21_24
محل کتابخانه	The National Museum of Art of Romania
تاریخ	Hegira 12th century / AD 18th century
یادداشت‌ها	Talismans are supposed to ward off evil through the power of words, signs, or images. The most efficient are believed to be the prayers quoting from theQur’an, including the name of God or that of important religious figures. This small talismanic manuscript is rather unusual: its circular binding, provided with a cover, encloses nine leaves: one leaf is glued to the support and another to the cover, while the other seven are bound together with woven strips. On opening the manuscript one can see nine pages with blue corners and, upon turning them, seven pages with red corners. A gold medallion with religious texts in Arabic is painted on each of the nine pages with blue corners. The texts include almost all ninety-nine names of Allah (theAsma al-Husna), of which the most important is, in this case,al Khafiz(the Guarding One). The rootkhfzcan be found in many words which make up the text of the manuscript. The ‘seven sleepers of Ephesus’ (Ashab al-Kahf) and their dog Qitmir, whose story is recounted in theQur’an(SuraXVIII –Al Kahf/The Cave), are mentioned on the final leaf. According to the legend the seven Christian men escaped the persecution of the Roman emperor Decius by taking refuge in a cave where they slept for some three hundred years; the legend has it that those who read their story will be protected from evil as were those who found shelter in the cave. On the leaves with red corners divine names fill the compartments of a square inscribed in a circle which is made up of three registers with religious inscriptions and a larger register with occult signs; the letters were not joined together in order to enhance their magic power.
متن نمونه	Purchased by the Museum in 2007. — Stylistic analysis — Style of decoration and calligraphy
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Mircea DUNCA
Seçili bibliyografya	Dunca, M.,Islamic Art at the National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest: National Museum of Art of Romania, 2015: 112, no. 53.

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Talismanic manuscript

تاریخ انتشار Hegira 12th century / AD 18th century

محل انتشار Ottoman Empire -

موضوع Ottoman — Gouache, black and red ink, colloidal gold on polished paper; cardboard, leather and silk binding

نوع kitap

زبان نامشخص

دیجیتال بله

نسخه خطی بله

ابعاد فیزیکی Diameter: 10.7cm (binding); Height: 7cm; Width: 7cm (cover)

کتابخانه Museum With No Frontiers

شناسه دارایی کتابخانه 111490 / 1744

شماره ثبت EPM_rm_Mus21_24

محل کتابخانه The National Museum of Art of Romania

تاریخ Hegira 12th century / AD 18th century

یادداشت‌ها Talismans are supposed to ward off evil through the power of words, signs, or images. The most efficient are believed to be the prayers quoting from theQur’an, including the name of God or that of important religious figures. This small talismanic manuscript is rather unusual: its circular binding, provided with a cover, encloses nine leaves: one leaf is glued to the support and another to the cover, while the other seven are bound together with woven strips. On opening the manuscript one can see nine pages with blue corners and, upon turning them, seven pages with red corners. A gold medallion with religious texts in Arabic is painted on each of the nine pages with blue corners. The texts include almost all ninety-nine names of Allah (theAsma al-Husna), of which the most important is, in this case,al Khafiz(the Guarding One). The rootkhfzcan be found in many words which make up the text of the manuscript. The ‘seven sleepers of Ephesus’ (Ashab al-Kahf) and their dog Qitmir, whose story is recounted in theQur’an(SuraXVIII –Al Kahf/The Cave), are mentioned on the final leaf. According to the legend the seven Christian men escaped the persecution of the Roman emperor Decius by taking refuge in a cave where they slept for some three hundred years; the legend has it that those who read their story will be protected from evil as were those who found shelter in the cave. On the leaves with red corners divine names fill the compartments of a square inscribed in a circle which is made up of three registers with religious inscriptions and a larger register with occult signs; the letters were not joined together in order to enhance their magic power.

متن نمونه Purchased by the Museum in 2007. — Stylistic analysis — Style of decoration and calligraphy

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Mircea DUNCA

Seçili bibliyografya Dunca, M.,Islamic Art at the National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest: National Museum of Art of Romania, 2015: 112, no. 53.