The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This is an illuminated copy of the collection of prayers for the Prophet Muhammad entitled Dalāʾil al-khayrāt, composed by Muḥammad al-Jazūlī (d. 877 AH / 1472 CE). The text was written in black naskh script in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE in Ottoman Turkey. It contains two facing illustrations (fols. 15b-16a) featuring the mosque compound in Medina with the tombs of Muhammad, Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar. The reddish-brown goatskin binding is decorated with a central lobed medallion and four corner compartments with arabesque designs on a gold ground and decorative frames.
Written in Turkish naskh script in black ink with incidentals in red
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (New York; Köln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 2:327; S2: 359.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Turkey
11th century AH / 17th CE
book
Original Binding
Reddish-brown goatskin (with flap); central lobed medallion and four corner compartments with arabesque designs on a gold ground and decorative frames
The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
Book plate: No. 1155 LG [Leon Gruel]
Acquired by Henry Walters from Leon Gruel, Paris (inv. no. 1155) [book plate]
Turkey
11th century AH / 17th CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
Book plate: No. 1155 LG [Leon Gruel]
Acquired by Henry Walters from Leon Gruel, Paris (inv. no. 1155) [book plate]
This is an illuminated copy of the collection of prayers for the Prophet Muhammad entitled Dalāʾil al-khayrāt, composed by Muḥammad al-Jazūlī (d. 877 AH / 1472 CE). The text was written in black naskh script in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE in Ottoman Turkey. It contains two facing illustrations (fols. 15b-16a) featuring the mosque compound in Medina with the tombs of Muhammad, Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar. The reddish-brown goatskin binding is decorated with a central lobed medallion and four corner compartments with arabesque designs on a gold ground and decorative frames.
Written in Turkish naskh script in black ink with incidentals in red
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
Brockelmann, Carl. Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur (New York; Köln: E.J. Brill, 1996), 2:327; S2: 359.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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