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This small, illuminated single-volume copy of the Qurʾan was produced in Ottoman Turkey in 1282 AH / 1865-6 CE by Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá Izmīrī, a pupil of al-Rudūsī. The colophon in ijāzah script indicates that the present codex is the twenty-first copy executed by him (fol. 304b). The manuscript opens with an illuminated double-page incipit with the verses of chapters 1 (Sūrat al-fātiḥah) and 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah) (fols. 1b-2a). The text is written in naskh script in black ink with reading marks in red.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2009

The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland

21201http://www.thewalters.org/

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This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters ArtMuseum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscriptsthat have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details aboutthe manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's websitewww.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Waltersmanuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message tobe directed to the Department of Manuscripts.

NOTE: The pages in this book are ordered from right to left. This means that to view the pages inorder, you should go the last page of the document and read what would be from “back-to-front”for a Western manuscript.

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fol. 304b:Title: Illuminated colophonForm: ColophonText: katabahu al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr al-muʿarraf bi-al-ʿajzwa-al-taqṣīr al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat rabbih al-qadīr /1/ qadtamma h<ā>dhihi [sic] al-muṣḥaf al-sharīf iḥdá wa-ʿishrīn [sic] ʿan yad ʿabd [sic] al-ḍaʿīf /2/ Muḥammadibn Muṣṭafá al-maʿrūf bi-Izmīrī bi-Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʾān mintalāmīdh /3/ al-Rudūsī ghafara lahum wa-li-man naẓarailayhi wa-lil-muʾminīn wa-al-muʾmināt [sic] /4/ wa-al-muslimīn wa-al-muslimāt bi-raḥmatika yā arḥam /5/ al-rāḥimīn ta<ʾ>rīkh sanat ithná wa-thamānūn [sic] /6/miʾah wa-alf 1282 /7/Label: This final page of the Qur'an has a signed anddated colophon written in ijāzah script. The colophonindicates that the text was copied by Muḥammad ibnMuṣṭafá in 1282 AH / 1865-6 CE. It also indicatesthat this codex is the twenty-first copy made by thisparticular calligrapher.

Acquisition Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters bequest

Binding Inapplicable.

Contemporary with manuscript; black leather (with flap);upper and lower boards with tooled and gold-paintedgeometric design enclosed by gold frames, including a wideframe with tooled chain-link design; fore-edge flap withgold-painted "S" design in a rectangular frame; endpapers oftinted blue paper

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painted geometric design enclosed by frames, includinga wide frame with tooled chain-link design.

fol. 1b:Title: Right side of an illuminated double-page incipitForm: IncipitText: Chapter 1 (Sūrat al-fātiḥah)Label: The right side of this illuminated double-pageincipit is the incipit for chapter 1 (Sūrat al-fātiḥah). Thepage is divided into three compartments: an upper andlower panel flanking a central area. In the upper andlower panels the chapter title and number of verses areinscribed in headings in riqāʿ script in white ink. In thecentral area the Qur'anic verses are written in vocalizednaskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. Theborder contains polychrome trefoils and floral scrollwork on a blue ground.

fol. 2a:Title: Left side of an illuminated double-page incipitForm: IncipitText: chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah)Label: The left side of this illuminated double-pageincipit is the incipit for chapter 2 (Sūrat al-baqarah). Thepage is divided into three compartments: an upper andlower panel flanking a central area. In the upper andlower panels the chapter title and number of verses areinscribed in headings in riqāʿ script in white ink. In thecentral area the Qur'anic verses are written in vocalizednaskh script in black ink with reading marks in red. Theborder contains polychrome trefoils and floral scrollwork on a blue ground.

fol. 26a:Title: Illuminated text pageForm: Text pageText: Chapter 3 (Sūrat al-'imrān)Label: On this text page are the initial verses of chapter3 (Sūrat al-'imrān). The text is written in naskh script inblack ink with reading marks in red. Illuminated discswith colored dots separate the verses.

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[sic] ʿan yad ʿabd [sic] al-ḍaʿīf /2/ Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafáal-maʿrūf bi-Izmīrī bi-Ḥāfiẓ al-Qurʾān min talāmīdh /3/al-Rudūsī ghafara lahum wa-li-man naẓara ilayhi wa-lil-muʾminīn wa-al-muʾmināt [sic] /4/ wa-al-muslimīn wa-al-muslimāt bi-raḥmatika yā arḥam /5/ al-rāḥimīn ta<ʾ>rīkhsanat ithná wa-thamānūn [sic] /6/ miʾah wa-alf 1282 /7/Comment: Indicates the date of copying, the name of thescribe, and the fact that this codex is the twenty-first copymade by him

Support material Paper

Cream-colored paper

Extent Foliation: ii+304+i

Collation Catchwords: On versos, written obliquely outside the frame

Dimensions 9.0 cm wide by 13.0 cm high

Written surface 5.0 cm wide by 8.5 cm high

Layout Columns: 1Ruled lines: 15Framing lines in red, black, and gold

Contents fols. 1b - 304b:Title: al-QurʾānHand note: Written in naskh script in black ink withreading marks in red; chapter headings in riqāʿ script inwhite ink; colophon in ijāzah script in black inkDecoration note: Double-page illuminated incipit (fols.1b-2a); chapter headings; text frames ruled in red,black, and gold; illuminated discs with colored dots forverse markers; marginal ornaments for marking textualdivisions and prostration

Decoration Upper board outside:Title: BindingForm: BindingLabel: This nineteenth-century Ottoman Turkish blackleather binding is decorated with a tooled and gold-

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Shelf mark Walters Art Museum Ms. W.577

Descriptive Title Koran

Text title al-QurʾānVernacular:

Abstract This small, illuminated single-volume copy of the Qurʾanwas produced in Ottoman Turkey in 1282 AH / 1865-6 CEby Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá Izmīrī, a pupil of al-Rudūsī. Thecolophon in ijāzah script indicates that the present codexis the twenty-first copy executed by him (fol. 304b). Themanuscript opens with an illuminated double-page incipitwith the verses of chapters 1 (Sūrat al-fātiḥah) and 2 (Sūratal-baqarah) (fols. 1b-2a). The text is written in naskh scriptin black ink with reading marks in red. Verses are separatedby illuminated discs with colored dots and chapter headingsare in riqāʿ script in white ink. Polychrome medallions inthe margins indicate textual divisions and prostration. Thebinding of black leather is contemporary with the manuscriptand decorated with a tooled and gold-painted geometricdesign enclosed by gold frames on the upper and lowerboards.

Date 1282 AH / 1865-6 CE

Origin Turkey

Scribe As-written name: Muḥammad ibn Muṣṭafá IzmīrīName, in vernacular:

Note: Izmīrī was a pupil of Rudūsī (see colophon).

Form Book

Genre Scriptural

Language The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic.

Colophon 304b:Transliteration: katabahu al-faqīr al-ḥaqīr al-muʿarraf bi-al-ʿajz wa-al-taqṣīr al-muḥtāj ilá raḥmat rabbih al-qadīr /1/ qadtamma h<ā>dhihi [sic] al-muṣḥaf al-sharīf iḥdá wa-ʿishrīn

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This document is a digital facsimile of selections from a manuscript belonging to the Walters ArtMuseum, in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. It is one of a number of manuscriptsthat have been digitized as part of a project generously funded by the National Endowment forthe Humanities, and by an anonymous donor to the Walters Art Museum. More details aboutthe manuscripts at the Walters can be found by visiting The Walters Art Museum's websitewww.thewalters.org. For further information about this book, and online resources for Waltersmanuscripts, please contact us through the Walters Website by email, and ask for your message tobe directed to the Department of Manuscripts.

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/legalcodePublished 2011

A digital facsimile of selections fromWalters Ms. W.577, KoranTitle: al-Qurʾān

Published by: The Walters Art Museum600 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201

http://www.thewalters.org/