Walters Ms. W.561, Koranal-QurʾānالقرآنPrincipal catalogerGacek, AdamCatalogerLandau, AmyCatalogerSmith, SitaEditorBockrath, DianeContributorBarrera, ChristinaContributorEmery, DougContributorHerbert, LynleyContributorNoel, WilliamContributorSimpson, ShreveContributorTabritha, ArielContributorToth, Michael B.ContributorValle, ChiaraConservatorJewell, StephanieConservatorQuandt, AbigailThe Walters Art Museum

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This illuminated copy of the Qur'an was made for the library of the Mamluk official Aytimish al-Bajāsī (d. 802 AH / 1400 CE), established at Cairo’s Bāb al-Wazīr, according to the bequest (waqf) statement on fol. 3a. The manuscript contains verses 142-252 of chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah) and is volume 2 (al-juz’ al-thānī) of a 30-volume set. The text is written in large vocalized muḥaqqaq script in black ink with the alifs of prolongation superscripted in red ink. Rosettes with colored dots indicate each verse, and fifth and tenth verses as well as section divisions are marked by inscribed illuminated polychrome forms. The light brown goatskin binding is decorated with blind- and gold-tooled geometric designs and is contemporary with the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.561The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 3a - 50aal-Qurʾānالقرآنسيقول الشفهاء من الناس ...Contains verses 142-252 of chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah)

Arab paper with chain lines grouped in threes

Foliation: 5137.026.525.016.0First and last folios blank; text begins on fol. 3b

NoneManuscript made up of quinions (quires of ten folios)

Written in vocalized muḥaqqaq script in black ink with the alifs of prolongation superscripted in redThe title executed in thuluth and the text of the bequest statement in tawqīʿ/riqāʿ.Illuminated bequest (waqf) statement (fol. 3a); rosettes with colored dots for verse markers; fifth and tenth verses as well as section divisions marked by inscribed polychrome formsBindingBindingThis light brown goatskin binding, contemporary with the manuscript, is decorated with blind- and gold-tooled geometric designs. There are traces of blue pigment.Titlepiece with bequest (waqf) statement in the name of the Mamluk Amīr AytimishTitlepiece; bequest statementThis illuminated titlepiece in its rectangular panel is inscribed al-juzʾ al-thānī min al-rabʿah al-sharīfah on a blue background with gold arabesques. Below is a bequest (waqf) statement in the name of the Mamluk Amīr Aytimish (also Aytmish) [al-Bajāsī] (d. 802 AH / 1400 CE) for the library of the Madrasah (later known as al-Madrasah al-Aytimishīyah), which he established at Cairo's Bāb al-Wazīr.Text page from chapter 2Chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah), 2:142-143Text pageThe text is written in a large, vocalized muḥaqqaq script in black ink with the alifs of prolongation superscripted in red. An illuminated rosette with red and blue dots separates the verses.Text page from chapter 2Chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah), 2:143Text pageThis page shows five lines of vocalized muḥaqqaq script in black ink.Text page from chapter 2Chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah), 2:251-252Text pageThe text is written in large, vocalized muḥaqqaq script in black ink with the alifs of prolongation superscripted in red ink. The rosette with colored dots is a verse marker.

Light brown goatskin (with flap); blind- and gold-tooled geometric designs, including a central lobed oval and cornerpieces; doublures of very thin, light brown leather stamped in relief with large arabesque patterns; traces of blue pigment present

Last quarter of the 8th century AH / 14th CECairoBequest (waqf) statement in the name of the Mamluk Amīr Aytimish (also Aytmish) [al-Bajāsī] (d. 802 AH / 1400 CE) for the library of the Madrasah (later known as al-Madrasah al-Aytimishīyah), which he established at the Bāb al-Wazīr in Cairo (fol. 3a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetRomaniaKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueNew Abbasid StyleGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishArabicBookCalligraphyCodexEgyptIslamicKoranManuscriptQur`anScriptureWalters Art MuseumMamlukOriginal BindingBinding