Walters Ms. W.575, 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 small, illuminated single-volume copy of Qurʾan was produced in Iran in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. The manuscript opens with an illuminated double-page incipit with the verses of chapter 1 (Sūrat al-fātiḥah) and the initial verses of chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah) decorated with interlinear illumination and framed by a polychrome border and headpieces of floral design on a blue ground (fols. 2b-3a). The text is written in a vocalized naskh script in black with reading marks in red and text divisions of sixty verses (ḥizb), thirty verses (juzʾ), and niṣf al-juzʾ inscribed in red in the margins. Illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses. Chapter headings are in red or blue riqāʿ script on a gold background. The nineteenth-century lacquer binding with floral composition on a red field is contemporary with the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.575The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 183bal-Qurʾānالقرآن

Laid paper

Foliation: 184+19.56.57.04.0Extent should be 185; last leaf incorrectly treated as a flyleaf in the foliation

On versos

Framing lines in black and gold; one frame around text plus an outer frameWritten in small vocalized naskh script in black for main text; chapter headings in red or blue riqāʿ script on gold background; reading marks in red; text division (ḥizb, juzʾ, and niṣf al-juzʾ) indicated in words in red riqāʿ scriptIlluminated double-page incipit (fols. 2b-3a); inner and outer framing lines in gold and black; illuminated discs with central red dots as verse markersLacquer bindingBindingThis nineteenth-century lacquer binding has a floral composition on a red field.Right side of illuminated double-page incipitChapter 1 (Sūrat al-fātiḥah)IncipitThis is the right side of an illuminated double-page incipit. It is inscribed with the name of chapter 1 (Sūrat al-fātiḥah) and the phrase: lā yamassuhu illá al-muṭahharūn (only the ritually pure should touch it).Text page of chapter 2Chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah)Text pageThe text is written in a vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. Illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.Text page of chapter 114Chapter 114 (Sūrat al-nās)Text pageThe text is written in a vocalized naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. Illuminated discs with colored dots separate the verses.

Contemporary with manuscript; lacquer binding with floral design on red ground (no flap); damaged with much loss; pastedowns of marbled paper

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