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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
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

JaʻFar Al-Ṣādiq, Approximately 702-765 Or 766 Contributor. Qurʼan. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1714] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667395/.

APA citation style:

JaʻFar Al-Ṣādiq, A. 7. O. 7. C. (1714) Qurʼan. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667395/.

MLA citation style:

JaʻFar Al-Ṣādiq, Approximately 702-765 Or 766 Contributor. Qurʼan. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1714] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667395/>.