[Devotional book]

Contributor:

Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼan, Aḥmad (scribe)

Date:

1830

Description:

Devotional book containing selections from the Qur'an followed by prayers; several full page illuminations in polychrome and gold.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Mrs. William McClenahan, likely Jean P., wife of Dr. William U. McClenahan, given to the libraries in 1969 (note in pencil on back flyleaf 1v).; McClenahan, Jean P., 1908-1994, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1902.html

Subject:

Islam -- Prayers and devotions; Prayer -- Islam

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Illuminations (painting); Prayers (literary works); Manuscripts, Arabic; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

101 leaves : paper, illuminations; 170 x 105 (115 x 65) mm bound to 170 x 120 mm.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Arabic.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f. 1v: al-Fā̄tiḥah (1) -- 2. f. 2r-5r: Selection from al-Baqarah (2:1-21) -- 3. f. 5v-32v: al-Anʻām (6) -- 4. f. 32v-39v: Yā Sīn (36) -- 5. f. 39v-42v: al-Dukhān (44) -- 6. f. 43r-49r: al-Aḥqāf (46) -- 7. 49r-54v: al-Fatḥ (48) -- 8. f. 54v-58v: al-Raḥmān (55) -- 9. f. 59r-63r: al-Wāqiʻah (56) -- 10. f. 63r-66v: al-Mulk (67) -- 11. f. 66r-68v: al-Nabā̄ʼ (78) -- 12. f. 68v-97r: Assortment of Prayers -- 13. f. 97r-99r: Set of illuminations -- 14: f. 99v-100r: Dual page blessings -- 15: f. 100v-101r: Prayers of closure.; Foliation: Modern Western foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords most versos, lower left.; Layout: 9 long lines with border rules.; Script: Written in clear naskh using black ink; pointed, vocalized.; Decoration: Titles in white ink, framed in gold and floriated designs; textblock ruled in gold, red, black; gold roundels with red, blue, and green dots punctuate the text; polychrome and gold medallions in the margins; double page illuminations in polychrome and gold with text on cloudbands (f. 1v-2r, 5v-6,); full page illuminations of the name Allāh (f. 97v) and Muḥammad (f. 98r), two seals: muhr nubbūt (f. 98v), muhr Sulaymān (f. 99r) and a dual page illumination that includes the names of the first four Caliphs and Ḥusayn and Ḥasan (f. 99v-100r).; Binding: Dark brown leather over pasteboard (Type III); blind stamped mandorla with two pendants on both outside covers, along with gilded, embossed paper inlays and gilt stamped corners and frame; mandorla and frame gilt-stamped on inside covers as well.; Paper: Different types of paper make up the volume, including machine-made Ottoman.; Origin: Copied by Aḥmad al-Maʻarūf bi-Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʼan (f. 97r), likely in the mid to late 1800s.; Funeral announcement for Ḥusayn Rushdī Pasha (1863-1928), prime minister of Egypt (1914-1919), laid in.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1902