Book/Printed Material Qurʼan.
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Title
- Qurʼan.
Summary
- The striking feature of this splendidly decorated late-Safavid Qurʼan of 1714 is its exceptional arrangement. The complete text is compressed onto only 33 leaves with 48 lines to a page in very small but clear naskh script. Each page contains a hizb (smaller section, half of a juz'), and each double page a juz' (section) of the Qurʼan. The composition of the sumptuously illuminated opening double page is dominated by two vertical rectangles, which are divided into several decorated panels and borders. Gold-decorated cloud cartouches on the margins give this Qurʼan a Shi'ite character. The cartouches are written in Persian in fine shekaste script and contain reports from the life of Muhammad and Qurʼanic commentaries of the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq (died 765). The very well preserved lacquer binding deserves particular attention. The center is a diamond-shaped ornament around which delicately decorated borders are arranged. The exterior frame bears naturalistic blossom motifs, whereas the main panel is covered with stylized floral and tendril work.
Names
- Jaʻfar al-Ṣādiq, approximately 702-765 or 766 Contributor.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1714.
Headings
- - Iran, Islamic Republic of
- - 1714
- - Illuminations
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Koran
- - Naskh script
- - Nasta'liq script
- - Ṣafavid dynasty, 1501-1736
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - "BSB shelfmark: Cod.arab. 1118|This description of the work was written by Helga Rebhan."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
- - Original resource extent: 33 folios : illuminated.
- - Original resource at: Bavarian State Library.
- - Content in Arabic and Persian.
- - 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
- 2021667395
Online Format
- compressed data
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