Accession number
MS M.1186
Object title
Qur'an, final volume of a multi-volume set (MS M.1186).
Display Date
1856-1857 (AH 1273).
Created
Shiraz, Iran, 1856-1857 (AH 1273).
Binding
Stamped red leather with relaced, detached spine.
Description
118 folios (1 column, 10 lines), : paper; 265 x 170 mm.
Provenance
Purchased by Gladys E. Cook in Teheran from Mehdyzadeh Bros., 1961, bequeathed to her nephew Robert G. Calkins, who gave it to the Morgan library, 2013.
Notes
15 lines of text.
Arabic with interlinear translations in Persian. Ten lines in naskh in black ink (Arabic), and smaller interlinear Persian translation in cursive nasta'liq (red ink).
Scribe: Name of scribe for Arabic text not readable; scribe of the Persian translation is Nasir Isma'il ibn Abdukkah al-Khwansari.
Decoration: Fols. 1v-2 have half-page unvans in gold, red, and blue; the names of suras are written on gold ovals in the middle of blue and red panels; and small gold lozenges separate the verses (ayats).
A stylistically related Qur'an was sold at Sotheby's London, 18 April 2007, lot 11.
In the late 17th century many Qur'ans made in Persia and Kashmir exhibit a new format incorporating interlinear Persian translations, an idea probablyoriginating at the Persian court of Shah Sultan Husayn while still a prince (see for example Sotheby's London, 14 April 2010, lot 29).
Arabic with interlinear translations in Persian. Ten lines in naskh in black ink (Arabic), and smaller interlinear Persian translation in cursive nasta'liq (red ink).
Scribe: Name of scribe for Arabic text not readable; scribe of the Persian translation is Nasir Isma'il ibn Abdukkah al-Khwansari.
Decoration: Fols. 1v-2 have half-page unvans in gold, red, and blue; the names of suras are written on gold ovals in the middle of blue and red panels; and small gold lozenges separate the verses (ayats).
A stylistically related Qur'an was sold at Sotheby's London, 18 April 2007, lot 11.
In the late 17th century many Qur'ans made in Persia and Kashmir exhibit a new format incorporating interlinear Persian translations, an idea probablyoriginating at the Persian court of Shah Sultan Husayn while still a prince (see for example Sotheby's London, 14 April 2010, lot 29).
Script
naskh, nasta'liq
Language
Arabic
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