Walters Ms. W.667, Commentary on select verses of the Koranel-Naẓm ül-mubīn fī l-āyāt il-erbeʿīnالنظم المبين في الايات الاربعين<note type="title" xml:id="n300.184908">Title on fol. 1a reads: Āyāt-e erbeʿīn li-Ūḳcīzāde fī l-nawādir (in the upper corner: fī l-tefāsīr); tail: Ayāt-e erbeʿīn li-Ūḳcīzāde fī l-tefsīr, 51</note>Okçuzade Mehmet Şahı̂, d. 1629Muḥammed bin Muḥammed Ūḳçīzādeمحمد بن محمد اوقچي زادهOkçizadeAuthor dates preferred by cataloger: d. 1039 AH / 1629 CEPrincipal 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 manuscript is an Ottoman Turkish commentary on forty verses of the Qur'an with hadith and verse citations by Okçuzade Mehmet Şahî (d. 1039 AH / 1629 CE), copied in the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. The text is written in naskh script in black and red ink. The bequest (waqf) stamp of al-Wazīr al-Shahīd ‘Alī Pāshā, dated 1130 AH, appears on fols. 1a, 1b, and 2a. The name of a former owner, Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn, and his seal dated 1039 AH is found on fol. 1a. The text begins with an illuminated incipit with headpiece (fol. 1b). The dark brown goatskin binding with central lobed medallion filled with floral scroll work and outlined in gold is contemporary with the manuscript.BaltimoreThe Walters Art MuseumW.667The primary language in this manuscript is Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928).fols. 1b - 449bel-Naẓm ül-mubīn fī l-āyāt il-erbeʿīnالنظم المبين في الايات الاربعين<note type="title" xml:id="n300.184960">Title on fol. 1a reads: Āyāt-e erbeʿīn li-Ūḳcīzāde fī l-nawādir (in the upper corner: fī l-tefāsīr); tail: Ayāt-e erbeʿīn li-Ūḳcīzāde fī l-tefsīr, 51</note>حمد وافر فراوان وشكر وستايش...

Light green, creamy, and rose-tinted paper; laid European and non-European paper

Foliation: ii+449+ii24.513.518.08.5Two foliations present: original foliation in Hindu-Arabic and recent foliation in pencil

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Framing lines in red; framing lines on fols. 1b-2a in gold and black inkWritten in naskh script in black and red inkIlluminated incipit with headpiece (fol. 1b); framing lines in gold and black ink (fols. 1b-2a); framing lines in red throughoutBindingBindingIncipit page with illuminated headpiece and bequest (waqf) stampIncipit; headpieceThis incipit page has an illuminated headpiece and the bequest (waqf) stamp of the Vizier al-Shahīd ʿAlī Pāshā, dated 1130 AH.

Dark brown goatskin (with flap); large central lobed medallion with floral scroll work outlined in gold; some repairs

11th century AH / 17th CETurkeyBequest (waqf) stamp of al-Wazīr al-Shahīd ʿAlī Pāshā, dated 1130 AH (fols. 1a, 1b, and 2a)Former owner: Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn and his seal, dated 1039 AH (fol. 1a)Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequestRelevant WorksSohrweide, Hanna. Türkische Handschriften. (Wiesbaden: Steiner, 1981), no. 13.ArtMedicineMuseumPoetryScriptMuhammad, the ProphetRomaniaKashmiriHorsesWalters Art MuseumBlockbookDocumentGeneologyAstrologyDevotionHistoryLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyPhilosophyScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyMineralogyLogicGeographyGeomancyCosmologyCartographyFortune-tellingKoranQur`anFirmanPalimpsestPrayerBibleGospelsPsalterMissalLectionaryBook of HoursAntiphonaryPrayerbookHomilaryProcessionalHorologionBreviaryHymnalChroniclePsalter/HoursMaghrebSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyAfghanistanCentral Arab Lands (Near East)Central AsiaEgyptEnglandIndiaIranIraqPakistanGermanyFranceAustriaNetherlandsEthiopiaArmeniaFlandersGreeceMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianArmenianByzantineAbbasidQajarRajputChristianArabicAustrianDutchEgyptianFatimidGermanIndianIslamicPersianSafavidTimuridTurkishUmayyadEnglishFrenchFlemishEthiopianCarolingianCalligraphyChartsColophonHeadpieceIlluminationIllustrationMedallionMiniatureOrnamentPainting'Kufic'Early Abbasid scriptRaginiRomanesqueGothicWatermarkTreasure BindingGrotesquesHistoriated initialInhabited initialCarolingian MinusculeGothic Book handWhite-vine letteringEnglish secretaryTexturaBatardaHumanisticUncialAccordion bookAlbumBookCodexManuscriptHeraldrySaint's LifeDrawingGrisailleOriginal BindingBindingNew Abbasid styleLiturgicalDevotionalScripturalTheologicalLegalHistoricalScientificScientific -- MedicalLiterary -- ProseLiterary -- PoetryPhilosophicalAstrologicalSufiEnglishBookCalligraphyCodexIslamicKoranManuscriptMedallionQur`anScriptureTurkishWalters Art MuseumOriginal Binding