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Book/Printed Material Amplification of the Poem, the Burdah, Or the Expansion of the Bright Stars in the Praise of the Finest of Mankind, the Prophet Muhammad.

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Title

  • Amplification of the Poem, the Burdah, Or the Expansion of the Bright Stars in the Praise of the Finest of Mankind, the Prophet Muhammad.

Summary

  • This manuscript is a copy of the poem in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, which is popularly known as Qaṣīdat al-burdah (The poem of the mantle). It was written by Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Būṣīrī (died 694 AH [1294 AD]). The poem has a takhmīs (amplification, or expansion of the poem) by Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Fayyūmī. The amplification and the text of the Qaṣīdat al-burdah were written in Naskh and Thuluth scripts respectively by Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad al-Tabīzī in 767 AH (1366 AD), probably for the Mawlawī (Mevlevi) Library in Konya, Turkey. The manuscript is written in a single column of 12 lines, with catchwords outside of the text frame added by a later hand. The illuminated title page includes a patronage statement. The manuscript is from the Walters Art Museum and is designated Walters W. 581.

Names

  • al-Fayyūmī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad Contributor.
  • al-Tabīzī, Riḍwān ibn Muḥammad Transcriber.
  • Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd, 1212-1294 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1366.

Headings

  • -  Turkey--Konya
  • -  1212 to 1366
  • -  Arabic calligraphy
  • -  Arabic poetry
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Islamic calligraphy
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Muḥammad, Prophet, died 632
  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: Chain lines grouped in twos. Foliation: i + 27 + i. Dimensions: 18 centimeters wide by 27 centimeters high. Framing lines in blue, gold, and black.
  • -  Original resource at: Walters Art Museum.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667197

Online Format

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  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Al-Fayyūmī, Naṣīr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Contributor, Riḍwān Ibn Muḥammad Transcriber Al-Tabīzī, and Sharaf Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn SaʻĪd Būṣīrī. Amplification of the Poem, the Burdah, Or the Expansion of the Bright Stars in the Praise of the Finest of Mankind, the Prophet Muhammad. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1366] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667197/.

APA citation style:

Al-Fayyūmī, N. A. M. C., Al-Tabīzī, R. I. M. T. & Būṣīrī, S. A. M. I. S. (1366) Amplification of the Poem, the Burdah, Or the Expansion of the Bright Stars in the Praise of the Finest of Mankind, the Prophet Muhammad. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667197/.

MLA citation style:

Al-Fayyūmī, Naṣīr Al-Dīn Muḥammad Contributor, Riḍwān Ibn Muḥammad Transcriber Al-Tabīzī, and Sharaf Al-Dīn Muḥammad Ibn SaʻĪd Būṣīrī. Amplification of the Poem, the Burdah, Or the Expansion of the Bright Stars in the Praise of the Finest of Mankind, the Prophet Muhammad. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1366] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667197/>.