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Book/Printed Material Manifestations of Goodness.

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Title

  • Manifestations of Goodness.

Summary

  • Dalā'il al-Khayrāt (Manifestations of goodness) is a manuscript by Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli, a Moroccan Sufi and Islamic scholar who died in 1465. The work is known to many Muslims as one of the best compilations of litanies of peace and blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad. The work exists in many manuscripts and is one of the most widely copied Islamic texts. The first double-page spread has six ornamental shapes on the outer margins, interlaced with gold vines on a green background, and a central panel where the author's name is written in gold on a green background. The main text is written in pages of ten lines each and is framed within three thin borderlines, of which the inner two are in red and the outer third in green. Elaborate ʻunwan (title) panels mark the completion of the quarters, thirds, and first-half of the text. In some locations, pink paper panels, possibly used at one time as bookmarks, are now glued onto parts of the text. The manuscript contains two paintings on both sides of a leaf in the first quarter of the book featuring the noble rawda (garden court, an area located between Muhammad's original home and the pulpit in the Prophet's Mosque at Medina). The paintings show the tombs of Muhammad and his two immediate successors Abu Bakr and ʻUmar in one, and the minbar (pulpit) in the other. The text is in Maghribi script and is fully voweled. This copy is undated. The scribe's name is unknown.

Names

  • Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, died 1465 Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1494.

Headings

  • -  Saudi Arabia
  • -  1494
  • -  Blessing and cursing
  • -  Illuminations
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Maghrebi script
  • -  Muḥammad, Prophet, died 632
  • -  Prayers

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 106 folios ; 15 x 20 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
  • -  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

  • 2021667375

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Jazūlī, Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān, Died 1465 Author. Manifestations of Goodness. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1494] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667375/.

APA citation style:

Jazūlī, M. I. S. (1494) Manifestations of Goodness. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667375/.

MLA citation style:

Jazūlī, Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān, Died 1465 Author. Manifestations of Goodness. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1494] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667375/>.