Commentary on select verses of the Koran, Walters Art Museum MS. W.667

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Provenance Bequest (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, dated1039 AH (fol. 1a)

Binding The binding is original.

Dark brown goatskin (with flap); large central lobedmedallion with floral scroll work outlined in gold; somerepairs

Bibliography Sohrweide, Hanna. Türkische Handschriften. (Wiesbaden:Steiner, 1981), no. 13.

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Support material Paper

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

Extent Foliation: ii+449+iiTwo foliations present: original foliation in Hindu-Arabicand recent foliation in pencil

Collation Catchwords: On versos

Dimensions 13.5 cm wide by 24.5 cm high

Written surface 8.5 cm wide by 18.0 cm high

Layout Columns: 1Ruled lines: 21Framing lines in red; framing lines on fols. 1b-2a in gold andblack ink

Contents fols. 1b - 449b:Title: el-Naẓm ül-mubīn fī l-āyāt il-erbeʿīnIncipit:

Hand note: Written in naskh script in black and red inkDecoration note: Illuminated incipit with headpiece(fol. 1b); framing lines in gold and black ink (fols.1b-2a); framing lines in red throughout

Decoration Upper board outside:Title: BindingForm: BindingComment:

fol. 1b:Title: Incipit page with illuminated headpiece andbequest (waqf) stampForm: Incipit; headpieceLabel: This incipit page has an illuminated headpieceand the bequest (waqf) stamp of the Vizier al-ShahīdʿAlī Pāshā, dated 1130 AH.Comment:

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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.667

Descriptive Title Commentary on select verses of the Koran

Text title el-Naẓm ül-mubīn fī l-āyāt il-erbeʿīnVernacular:

Note: Title on fol. 1a reads: Āyāt-e erbeʿīn li-Ūḳcīzāde fī l-nawādir (in the upper corner: fī l-tefāsīr); tail: Ayāt-e erbeʿīnli-Ūḳcīzāde fī l-tefsīr, 51

Author Authority name: Okcuzade Mehmet Sahı, d. 1629As-written name: Muḥammed bin Muḥammed ŪḳçīzādeName, in vernacular:

Known as: OkçizadeNote: Author dates preferred by cataloger: d. 1039 AH / 1629CE

Abstract This manuscript is an Ottoman Turkish commentary on fortyverses of the Qur'an with hadith and verse citations byOkçuzade Mehmet Şahî (d. 1039 AH / 1629 CE), copiedin the eleventh century AH / seventeenth CE. The text iswritten in naskh script in black and red ink. The bequest(waqf) stamp of al-Wazīr al-Shahīd ‘Alī Pāshā, dated 1130AH, appears on fols. 1a, 1b, and 2a. The name of a formerowner, Sayyid Burhān al-Dīn, and his seal dated 1039 AH isfound on fol. 1a. The text begins with an illuminated incipitwith headpiece (fol. 1b). The dark brown goatskin bindingwith central lobed medallion filled with floral scroll work andoutlined in gold is contemporary with the manuscript.

Date 11th century AH / 17th CE

Origin Turkey

Form Book

Genre Scriptural

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Turkish, Ottoman(1500-1928).

This document is a digital facsimile of a manuscript belonging to the Walters Art Museum, inBaltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscripts that have beendigitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities,and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details about the manuscripts atthe Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's website www.thewalters.org. Forfurther information about this book, and online resources for Walters manuscripts, please contactus through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message to be directed to the Departmentof Manuscripts.

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A digital facsimile of Walters Ms. W.667,Commentary on select verses of the KoranTitle: el-Naẓm ül-mubīn fī l-āyāt il-erbeʿīn

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