细节
AN'AM SHARIF
OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID-19TH CENTURY
Selected suras from Qur'an followed by 55ff. prayers and calligrams, Arabic manuscript on paper, 84ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio 13ll. of black naskh, gold and polychrome verse markers, tajwid and occasional words in red ink, the sura and prayer headings in polychrome and gold illuminated panels in white and red thuluth respectively, ornamentation above the bismillah text throughout, catchwords, fore-edges decorated with gilded floral design, opening bifolio on gold sprinkled paper with two illuminated headpieces in rococo style, original leather binding decorated with gilded designs, doublures embossed pink paper
Text panel 6 x 3 3/8in. (15.2 x 8.5cm.); folio 8 ¾ x 5 ¼in. (22.1 x 13.2cm.)
刻印
The text includes, a selection of suras (al-Fatiha, al-Baqara, al-An‘am, Yasin, al-Fath, al-Mulk, al-Naba’, Quraysh, al-Ma‘un, al-Kawthar, al-Kafirun, al-Nasr, Tabbat [al-Masad], al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq, al-Nas), followed by a prayer for the conclusion of recitation of the suras; the Great Prayer (Sala Kabira) for the Prophet; Salat al-Munjiya; a selection of 7 Qur’anic verses; the Noble Prayers (Salavat-i Şerif); Hizb al-Bahr of al-Shadhili; a diagram of a seal containing Qur’an 27:30 (i.e. Seal of Solomon) with a diagram of a seal below with the names of Muhammad and the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs; the Prophet’s seal of Prophecy; the genealogy of the Prophet; the Noble Seal (Mühr-i Şerif): a selection of prayers (du‘a); three roundels containing exhortations to Beautiful Names of God, the names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus and their dog, and Qur’an 68:51-52