al-Juzʼ al-thāmin min al-rabʻah al-sharīfah; الجزء الثامن من الربعة الشريفة

Contributor:

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (former owner)

Date:

1400

Description:

Illuminated copy of the 8th section of the Qurʼān.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Mamlūk Amīr Aytmish al-Bajasī (d. 1400 CE) and given as an endowment (waqf) to the library attached to the mosque he founded in Bāb al-Wazīr, Cairo (founded 1383 CE) (inscription, f. 1r).; Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate, inside front cover).; Aytmish al-Bajasī, Amīr, -1400, former owner.; Rosenbach, A. S. W. 1876-1952, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/kcajs_rar_ms123.html

Subject:

Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts; Manuscripts; Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, 15th century; Qur'ans; Illuminations (painting); Manuscripts; Full covers; Envelope flaps (features); Block-stamped leather; Islamic bindings (Binding); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

50 leaves : paper, illuminations; 370 x 260 (250 x 160) mm bound to 372 x 260 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from title page (f. 1r).; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; no catchwords.; Layout: Written in 5 long lines.; Script: Written in muḥaqqaq in black ink; pointed and vocalized; titles in thuluth.; Decoration: Illuminated title piece in gold and blue (f. 1r); marginal medallions for text divsions in circle, teardrop, and pointed oval shapes in blue, red and gold with blue finials; verse endings marked by an 8-leaf rosette with blue dots around the edge; some alifs in red; sūrah heading in thuluth script set into a blue oval with gold foliate fill all set into a larger rectangle lined with geometric pattern in gold (f. 22r).; Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with detached flap (Type II); front and back cover have an intricate mosaic-style blind- and gold-tooled pattern on a large, circular, lobed central medallion, cornerpieces, and frame; flap is gold and blind-tooled in a coordinating pattern with a circular medallion and frame; doublures are block-stamped leather.; Origin: The item is undated and unsigned, but was possibly copied in Mamlūk Egypt in the 15th century, possibly for use in a madrasah.; Laid, non-European paper; visible chain lines in sets of two.; Donation (waqf) statement added to title page inside title piece (f. 1r); Arabic.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 123