Walters Ms. W.568, 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 square-format manuscript is a fragment of the Qur'an, consisting of chapters 19 (Sūrat Maryam) through 23 (Sūrat al-muʾminūn). It was produced in the Maghreb and dates to the twelfth century AH / eighteenth CE. The text is written in a large Maghribī script, with vocalization in red, green, and yellow ink on Italian paper. The codex opens with an illuminated chapter heading for chapter 19 (Sūrat Maryam) written in the New Abbasid (broken cursive) style (fol. 1b) in gold ink within a decorative headpiece. The titles of other chapters are written in the New Abbasid (broken cursive) style in gold ink (fols. 21a, 47b, 70a, and 102a) with a marginal medallion. The blind-tooled goatskin binding is not contemporary with the manuscript and probably dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.568The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 114bal-QurʾānالقرآنChapters 19 (Sūrat Maryam) through 23 (Sūrat al-muʾminūn) only; text ends abruptly on fol. 114b with the basmala, indicating the start of another chapter

Italian paper with watermark of three crescents

Foliation: 11730.021.522.014.0Fols. 115-117 without text

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Framing lines in gold, black, and dark blueWritten in large Maghribī script vocalized in red ink, with a yellow dot for hamzah and a green dot for waṣlah; chapter headings in New Abbasid (broken cursive) styleOpens with an illuminated headpiece (fol. 1b); chapter headings in gold with marginal medallions (fols. 1b, 21a, 47b, 70a, and 102a); marginal medallions for prostrations (fols. 13b and 76b); illuminated ruled frames in gold, black, and dark blueBindingBindingThis is a red goatskin binding with a lobed medallion with floral pattern in relief, which is outlined by double fillet lines of gold tooling extending above and below the axis of the design. It probably dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE and was produced in North Africa.Envelope flap of bindingBindingIlluminated incipit with headpiece for chapter 19Chapter 19 (Sūrat Maryam)Incipit; headpieceThis page has an illuminated headpiece inscribed with the chapter heading for chapter 19 (Sūrat Maryam) in the New Abbasid (broken cursive) style in gold ink. The text is written in a large Maghribī script, with vocalization in red, green, and yellow ink.Text page of chapter 19Chapter 19 (Sūrat Maryam)Text pageThe text is written in a large Maghribī script, with vocalization in red, green, and yellow ink.Text page with illuminated marginal medallionMarginal medallionThis text page has an illuminated medallion in gold, blue, and red located in the right margin. This decorative form indicates the place where the believer performs a ritual prostration, or bowing down.Illuminated chapter heading for chapter 20 with marginal medallionChapter 20 (Sūrat Tā Hā)Chapter headingThe illuminated chapter heading for chapter 20 (Sūrat Tā Hā) is written in a decorative New Abbasid (broken cursive) style in gold ink. The text is written in a large Maghribī script, with vocalization in red, green, and yellow ink.Text page with illuminated chapter heading for chapter 21Chapter 21 (Sūrat al-anbiyā')Chapter headingThis text page has the chapter heading for chapter 21 (Sūrat al-anbiyā'), written in the New Abbasid (broken cursive) style in gold ink. The main text is written in a large Maghribī script, with vocalization in red, green, and yellow ink.Text page with illuminated chapter heading for chapter 22Chapter 22 (Sūrat al-Hajj)Chapter headingText page with illuminated chapter heading for chapter 23Chapter 23 (Sūrat al-muʾminūn)Chapter headingText page with the final verses of chapter 23Chapter 23 (Sūrat al-muʾminūn)Text page

Probably thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE; red goatskin (with flap); lobed medallion with floral pattern in relief, outlined by double fillets of gold tooling extending above and below the axis of the design; small medallion on flap

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