Talismanic manuscript

İsim	Talismanic manuscript
Basım Tarihi:	Hegira 12th century / AD 18th century
Basım Yeri	Ottoman Empire -
Konu	Ottoman — Gouache, black and red ink, colloidal gold on polished paper; cardboard, leather and silk binding
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Evet
Fiziksel Boyutlar	Diameter: 10.7cm (binding); Height: 7cm; Width: 7cm (cover)
Kütüphane:	Museum With No Frontiers
Demirbaş Numarası	111490 / 1744
Kayıt Numarası	EPM_rm_Mus21_24
Lokasyon	The National Museum of Art of Romania
Tarih	Hegira 12th century / AD 18th century
Notlar	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.
Örnek Metin	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

Basım Tarihi Hegira 12th century / AD 18th century

Basım Yeri Ottoman Empire -

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

Tür Kitap

Dil Belirlenmemiş dil

Dijital Evet

Yazma Evet

Fiziksel Boyutlar Diameter: 10.7cm (binding); Height: 7cm; Width: 7cm (cover)

Kütüphane Museum With No Frontiers

Demirbaş Numarası 111490 / 1744

Kayıt Numarası EPM_rm_Mus21_24

Lokasyon The National Museum of Art of Romania

Tarih Hegira 12th century / AD 18th century

Notlar 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.

Örnek Metin 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.