Manuscript/Mixed Material al-Juzʼ al-thālith ʻashar min al-rubʻah al-sharīfah الجزو الثالث عشر من الربعة الشريفة

Title

• al-Juzʼ al-thālith ʻashar min al-rubʻah al-sharīfah

Other Title

• الجزو الثالث عشر من الربعة الشريفة

Summary

• This manuscript preserves the 13th juz' (section) of the Qur'an, which starts at ayah (verse) 53 of Surat Yusuf (Joseph, chapter 12). The section also includes all of Surat al-Raʻd (The thunder, chapter 13), and ends at verse 52 of Surat Ibrahim (Abraham, chapter 14). The story of Joseph is the longest single story in the Qur'an. It shares the general outline of that of the Bible, including the same characters, but many details are different. Themes in chapter 13 include the oneness of God and the righteousness of the message of Prophet Muhammad. The chapter also warns about the consequences of infidelity. Chapter 14 tells about the arrival of Abraham in the barren land of Mecca, and his prayers to God to make his new home safe, protect his descendants, and help them to avoid idolatry. The 114 chapters of the Qur'an are commonly divided into 30 sections, of roughly equal length, corresponding to the days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. It is generally recommended to read at least one section a day during the month, with the goal of finishing the entire Qur'an by the end of Ramadan. The term al-rubʻah al-sharīfah (The noble fourths) in the original Arabic title of this manuscript is an older reference to the Qur'an, when it was divided into four sections. The manuscript, written in naskh and Mamluki thuluth scripts, was likely produced in Egypt, sometime in the 15th century. The layout consists of three lines of very large script at top, middle and base of the page, each interspersed by a framed text box of four lines of smaller script, for a total of 11 lines written in black ink. Gold medallions mark the ends of verses. The titles of the individual chapters are in gold ink. The manuscript has an elaborate ʻunwan (decorative panel) title page in blue and gold inks, highlighted with red ink, and a similarly decorated smaller colophon. Several pages have decorative medallions in the margin. World Digital Library.

Created / Published

• 14--?

Contents

• Section of the Qurʼan from Sūrat Yūsuf, v. 53 to the end of Sūrat Ibrāhīm; includes complete texts of Sūrat al-Raʻb and Sūrat Ibrāhīm.

Headings

• -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

• -  Folios 1a-15a.
• -  Item is disbound for its original binding and from a much later, 18th or early 19th century binding in decorated brown leather which is included with the manuscript in a linen box; the manuscript itself is sewn into an acid-free preservation binding of stiff paper.
• -  Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, SM 69.
• -  Manuscript.
• -  Naskhī and Thulth Mamālikī; 11 lines in written area 21 x 12 vm.
• -  Paper; medium weight, cream colored Oriental paper, mended extensively around the edges with matchin color laid paper; black ink with gold medallions at the end of each verse; page layout consists of three lines of very large scipt ca. 2.5 cm tall separated by 4 lines of smaller script ca. 1 cm tall for a total of 11 lines; titles of individual Sūrahs in gold ink; elaborate unwan on title page in blue and gold ink highlighed with red ink and a smaller colophon similarly decorated; several pages have decorative medallions in the margin; the manuscript runs continuously from fol. 1b to the end, but fols. 1a and 1b were originally 2 separate pages joined by mending; the pages are all most likely a fragment of a complete Qurʼan or large section of a Qurʼan; there are no catchwords.
• -  Probably Egypt.
• -  Scribe not indicated.
• -  Title from t.p. fol. 1a
• -  Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fi Maktabat al-Kūnghris, p. 53
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
• -  Arabic.
• -  Explicit/Colophon: تم الجزو الثالث عشر بحمد الله وتوفيقه.
• -  Incipit: وما برى نفسي ان النفس لامارة بالسوء.
• -  Text inserted in decorative space between 2 lines of the title: برسم المقر الاشرف الكريم العالي المولوي القاضيوي الشرفي المصري كاتب الجزائنالشريفة بالدرنان (؟) المصونة، ادام الله نغمته.

Medium

• 15 leaves (11 lines) bound : paper ; 30.3 x 21.3 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• BP101 1400z

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amedscd.2015481292
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.11230

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2015481292

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2015481292

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