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 Ottoman manuscript is a gloss (ḥāshiyah) by Kemalpaşazade (d. 940 AH / 1533 CE) on the commentary on the Qur’an composed by ʿAbd Allāh al-Bayḍawī (d. ca. 685 AH / 1286 CE) entitled Anwār al-tanzīl. Transcribed in 966 AH / 1558 CE, the present copy was made from the author's holograph by ʿUthmān ibn Manṣūr. The text is written in Turkish nastaʿlīq script in black ink with the words qāla and aqūlu in red, and it opens with an illuminated incipit with titlepiece inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah). The dark brown leather binding has a central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces with arabesque designs on a gold ground.
Written in Turkish nastaʿlīq script in black ink with the words qāla and aqūlu 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), 1: 532; S1: 740.
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
Thursday 3 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 966 AH / 1558 CE
book
Non-original Binding
Dark brown leather (with damaged flap attached backwards); central lobed oval, pendants, and cornerpieces with arabesque designs on a gold ground; doublures of red leather with a central geometric design
The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
[Ex libris]
Bequest
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Turkey
Thursday 3 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 966 AH / 1558 CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.
[Ex libris]
Bequest
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
This Ottoman manuscript is a gloss (ḥāshiyah) by Kemalpaşazade (d. 940 AH / 1533 CE) on the commentary on the Qur’an composed by ʿAbd Allāh al-Bayḍawī (d. ca. 685 AH / 1286 CE) entitled Anwār al-tanzīl. Transcribed in 966 AH / 1558 CE, the present copy was made from the author's holograph by ʿUthmān ibn Manṣūr. The text is written in Turkish nastaʿlīq script in black ink with the words qāla and aqūlu in red, and it opens with an illuminated incipit with titlepiece inscribed with the doxological formula (basmalah). The dark brown leather binding has a central lobed oval with pendants and cornerpieces with arabesque designs on a gold ground.
Written in Turkish nastaʿlīq script in black ink with the words qāla and aqūlu 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), 1: 532; S1: 740.
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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