Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 22

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DS ID:

DS4174

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 22

Title:

Anwār al-tanzīl wa-asrār al-taʼwīl.

Author:

Bayḍāwī, ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻUmar, -1286 / بيضاوي، عبد الله بن عمر،

Baidawi WIKIDATA

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 369, ii leaves : 270 x 177 (201 x 126) mm, bound to 270 x 177 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

codices (bound manuscripts) Commentaries Filigree Islamic bindings (Binding) manuscripts (documents) Illuminations (painting)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with gold-tooled central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces; inside covers of brown leather with a filigree patterned central mandorla in black and gold over green textile; gold-tooled corners and frame.
Layout: Written in 33 long lines; frame ruled with a misṭarah. Some marginal headers; many marginal notes.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink with titles in thuluth in red ink; pointed.
Decoration: Illuminated frontispiece and title page in three registers with the main space colored blue with corner pieces in gold and colors and a central shamsah containing the subtitle and author's name in gold; the title appears in gold and white in a rectangle above with a third register above that with decoration in polychrome and gold (f. 1r); polychrome and gold headpiece and circular...
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Commentaries

Filigree

Islamic bindings (Binding)

manuscripts (documents)

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts, Oriental

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_022.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_022/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia