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DS ID:

DS4179

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 27

Title:

Dalāʼil al-khayrāt wa shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalawāt ʻalá al-nabī al-mukhtār.

Author:

Jazūlī, Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān, -1465 / جزولي، محمد بن سليمان، -

Muhammad al-Jazuli WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Ibn Rasūl, Maḥmūd al-Kurdī / ابن رسول، محمود الكردي.

Maḥmūd al-Kurdī Ibn Rasūl WIKIDATA

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 97 leaves : 160 x 100 (106 x 60) mm bound to 160 x 110 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Brewer, Luther A

Luther Albertus Brewer WIKIDATA

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century Early works Prayers and devotions Pictorial works Codices (bound manuscripts) Prayers (literary works) Miniatures (paintings) Devotional literature Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from introduction (f. 2v).
Note pasted onto the back inside cover in French describes and attempts to identify the text based on d'Herbelot's Bibliothèque orientale.
Title written on top edge.
Binding: Bound in dark brown leather with flap (Type II) with stamped mandorlas on front, back, and flap with embossed paper onlay; blind stamped frame.
Layout: 11 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: First opening (f. 1v-2r) has headpiece in gold with the text in cloudbands; textblock is border-ruled in black, gold, red; gold roundels punctuate the text. A second headpiece in gold, red, and blue with a framed page opening appears on f. 15v-16r; full-page gold, red, and blue schematic illustrations of the Prophet's tomb (f. 13v) and minbar (f. 14r) in Medina also appear with...
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Luther A. Brewer of Cedar Rapids, IA (bookplate f. 97v).
Provenance: Sold by Anderson Galleries on August 24, 1903?, lot 35 (catalog entry pasted onto the flap, date and cost added in pen).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century

Early works

Prayers and devotions

Pictorial works

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Prayers (literary works)

Miniatures (paintings)

Devotional literature

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century

Islam

Prayer--Islam

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_027.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_027/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia