Walters Ms. W.576, Koran Prayers and rules for the recitation of the Qur’an al-Qurʾān القرآن Principal cataloger Gacek, Adam Cataloger Landau, Amy Cataloger Smith, Sita Copy editor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Barrera, Christina Contributor Damon, Elena Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbert, Lynley Contributor Noel, William Contributor Simpson, Shreve Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Valle, Chiara Conservator Jewell, Stephanie Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This small copy of the Qur'an was penned by an anonymous scribe in Iran in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth century CE. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.576 The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic. The secondary language of this manuscript is Persian. 1b - 211a al-Qurʾān القرآن Qur'an Fols.1b-2a contains an index of chapters 190a - 211a Prayers and rules for the recitation of the Qur’an Main text is followed by various prayers and rules for the recitation of the Qur’an (al-aḥkām al-tajwīdīyah), abbreviations for pauses (rumūz al-waqf), names of seven reciters, etc. (all in Arabic and Persian, fols. 190a-211a).

Non-European laid paper

 Foliation: iii+211+ii10.0 6.5 8.0 4.5 Black vocalized naskh, chapter-headings in red riqāʿ on gold background. Double-frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a) containing a prayer arranged in the form of two medallions with pendants (black, red, and blue ink). Double-page opening decoration (fols. 5b-6a) with text of the first chapter and the beginning of the second.

Original nineteenth-century lacquer binding (without flap), with floral design painted on gold ground. Doublures show an all-over pattern of five-petaled flowers painted in gold on a red ground.

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