Manuscript/Mixed Material Qur'anic verses

Title

• Qur'anic verses

Created / Published

• 16th century

Headings

• -  Calligraphy, Arabic
• -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
• -  Egypt
• -  Arabic script calligraphy
• -  Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
• -  Islamic calligraphy
• -  Islamic manuscripts
• -  Naskh
• -  Qur'anic verses
• -  Thuluth

Notes

• -  Qur'anic verses 1-8 of the 98th chapter enitled al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof), written in the Naskh and Thuluth scripts from 15th Cent. Mamluk era Egypt.
• -  Anyone who has done an atom's weight of good will see it, / And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil will see it. (99:7-8)
• -  Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 11.7 (w) x 20.8 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 11.9 (w) x 20.7 (h) cm
• -  It appears that the manuscript underwent a program of renovation, as horizontal panels of calligraphy were cut out and pasted onto a single folio. The top few lines show portions of a now missing interstitial text. The main body of the text, executed in naskh script typical of Mamluk Qur'ans of the 15th century, may have been salvaged and provided with the later Safavid illuminated panels and frames. For these reasons, it appears that this Qur'anic fragment was completed in two separate phases.
• -  Surat al-Bayyinah comprises eight verses and heralds God's message as clear and evident as the appearance of the Prophet Muhammad himself:
• -  The chapter heading of Surat al-Zalzalah is written in white ink on a gold ground, and reads Zalzal instead of Zalzalah and specifies that it comprises nine verses revealed in Medina. This surah describes the reversal of natural phenomena that will take place on the Day of Judgment, when men have to face their deeds:
• -  The chapter headings executed in thuluth script in white ink on a gold and blue ground decorated with flower vines, as well as the marginal ornaments, are typical of Qur'ans produced in Safavid Iran during the 16th century (James 1992: 164-169, cat. No. 41). The verse markers consist of gold disks decorated on their perimeters with blue dots. At every verse marker appears a recitation note in red ink indicating whether the reciter should continue or pause his recitation.
• -  This Qur'anic fragment includes verses 1-8 of the 98th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Bayyinah (The Clear Proof). The text continues on the fragment's verso with the subsequent chapter (99) entitled Surat al-Zalzalah (The Earthquake), as well as the first verse of the 100th chapter entitled al-'Adiyat (Those Who Run). For these two surahs, see 1-89-154.173 V.
• -  Those who reject (Truth) among the people of the book and among polytheists / were not going to depart (from their ways) / until there should come to them clear evidence: / a messenger from God rehearsing scriptures, kept pure and holy. (98:1-2)
• -  Script: naskh and thuluth
• -  1-89-154.173

Medium

• 1 volume ; 20.7 (w) x 32.2 (h) cm

Repository

• Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/ascs.224

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2019714684

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2019714684

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