Copied by Kamāl ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Qarāmānī in a clear, vocalized naskh script, this manuscript of the Epic of Alexander the Great or the Alexander romance (Iskendernāme) by Aḥmet bin Ibrāhīm Aḥmedī (d. 815 AH / 1413 CE) was completed in Aleppo (Ḥalab) in 891 AH / 1486 CE. Written in two columns and surrounded by a frame, it opens with an illuminated title page (fol. 2a), followed by an incipit page with illuminated titlepiece inscribed al-mulk li-Llāh al-wāḥid (Supreme authority belongs to the One God).
Written in large, vocalized naskh script in black ink with chapter/section headings in blue; colophon in tawqīʿ script
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
For more information on the Alexander romance, see "Iskandar Nāma." Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed. s.v.
Minorsky, Vladimir. The Chester Beatty Library. A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts and Miniatures. Introduction by J. V. S. Wilkinson. (Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1958), 407.
Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), 193.
Ḥalab (Aleppo, Syria)
Mid Jumādá II 891 AH / 1486 CE
book
Non-original Binding
Brown leather (with flap), blind-stamped and decorated with a central oval and pendants
The primary language in this manuscript is Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928).
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Ḥalab (Aleppo, Syria)
Mid Jumādá II 891 AH / 1486 CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928).
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest
Copied by Kamāl ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Qarāmānī in a clear, vocalized naskh script, this manuscript of the Epic of Alexander the Great or the Alexander romance (Iskendernāme) by Aḥmet bin Ibrāhīm Aḥmedī (d. 815 AH / 1413 CE) was completed in Aleppo (Ḥalab) in 891 AH / 1486 CE. Written in two columns and surrounded by a frame, it opens with an illuminated title page (fol. 2a), followed by an incipit page with illuminated titlepiece inscribed al-mulk li-Llāh al-wāḥid (Supreme authority belongs to the One God).
Written in large, vocalized naskh script in black ink with chapter/section headings in blue; colophon in tawqīʿ script
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
For more information on the Alexander romance, see "Iskandar Nāma." Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed. s.v.
Minorsky, Vladimir. The Chester Beatty Library. A Catalogue of the Turkish Manuscripts and Miniatures. Introduction by J. V. S. Wilkinson. (Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1958), 407.
Richard, Francis. Catalogue des manuscrits persans. (Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1989), 193.
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