Walters Ms. W.583, Collection of prayers for the Prophet MuhammadDalāʾil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī al-ṣalāh ʿalá al-nabī al-mukhtārدلائل الخيرات وشوارق الانوار في الصلاة على النبي المختارMuḥammad ibn Sulaymān al-Jazūlīal-Jazūlī (d. 877 AH / 1472 CE)محمد بن سليمان الجزوليAuthor name supplied by catalogerPrincipal 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 is an illuminated copy of the collection of prayers for the Prophet Muhammad entitled Dalāʾil al-khayrāt, composed by Muḥammad al-Jazūlī (d. 877 AH / 1472 CE). The text was written in black naskh script in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE in Ottoman Turkey. It contains two facing illustrations (fols. 15b-16a) featuring the mosque compound in Medina with the tombs of Muhammad, Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar. The reddish-brown goatskin binding is decorated with a central lobed medallion and four corner compartments with arabesque designs on a gold ground and decorative frames.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.583The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.fols. 1b - 105bDalāʾil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī al-ṣalāh ʿalá al-nabī al-mukhtārدلائل الخيرات وشوارق الانوار في الصلاة على النبي المختارالحمد لله الذي هداينا للايمان والاسلام...

laid European paper

Foliation: 10619.012.012.06.0

On versos, written obliquely outside the frameFraming lines in red, black, and gold

Framing lines in red, gold, and blackWritten in Turkish naskh script in black ink with incidentals in redIllustrations (fols. 15b-16a); illuminated headpieces (fols. 1b and 17b); illuminated headings for prayers (fols. 11a, 36a, and 56a); gold disks with colored dots as verse markersBookbindingBookbindingThe reddish-brown goat-skin leather binding is decorated with a central lobed medallion and four corner compartments with a stamped arabesque design on a gilt ground and decorative frames.Incipit page with illuminated headpieceIncipit; headpieceThis opening page has an illuminated headpiece with polychrome floral design. There is also interlinear gilt decoration.Illuminated text page with the noble names accorded to the Prophet MuhammadText pageLike many copies of this text, this manuscript includes additional devotional material, such as lists of the noble names accorded to the Prophet Muhammad.Illuminated text page with the noble names accorded to the Prophet MuhammadText pageLike many copies of this text, this manuscript includes additional devotional material, such as lists of the noble names accorded to the Prophet Muhammad.Right side of a double-page composition featuring the mosque compound in Medina with the tombs of Muhammad, Abū Bakr, and ʿUmarIllustrationThis is the right side of a double-page composition featuring the mosque compound in Medina with the tombs of Muhammad, Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar. The inscription on the two illustrations (fols. 15b-16a) reads: hādhihi ṣifat al-rawḍah al-mubārakah allatī dufina fīhā rasūl Allāh ṣallá Allāh ʿalayhi wa-sallama wa-ṣāḥibāhu Abu Bakr wa-ʿUmar raḍiya Allāh ʿanhumā. This inscription can be translated as, "This is the description [image] of the blessed garden in which is buried the Apostle [Prophet] of God, may God bless and save him, and his two companions, Abu Bakr and 'Umar, may God be pleased with them."Left side of a double-page composition featuring the mosque compound in Medina with the tombs of Muhammad, Abū Bakr, and ʿUmarIllustrationThis is the left side of a double-page composition featuring the mosque compound in Medina with the tombs of Muhammad, Abū Bakr, and ʿUmar. The inscription on the two illustrations (fols. 15b-16a) reads: hādhihi ṣifat al-rawḍah al-mubārakah allatī dufina fīhā rasūl Allāh ṣallá Allāh ʿalayhi wa-sallama wa-ṣāḥibāhu Abu Bakr wa-ʿUmar raḍiya Allāh ʿanhumā. This inscription can be translated as, "This is the description [image] of the blessed garden in which is buried the Apostle [Prophet] of God, may God bless and save him, and his two companions, Abu Bakr and 'Umar, may God be pleased with them."

Reddish-brown goatskin (with flap); central lobed medallion and four corner compartments with arabesque designs on a gold ground and decorative frames

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