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Work on the Duties of Muslims Towards the Prophet Muhammad with an Account of His Life
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)
This illuminated manuscript, Walters manuscript W.580, is volume 3 of a work on the duties of Muslims toward the Prophet Muhammad known as al-Shifa' by 'Iyad al-Yashubi (died 544 AH/AD 1149). It was copied in the12th century AH/AD 18th in the Maghreb. The text is written in Maghribii script in black ink with certain words highlighted in red and blue. The manuscript opens with an illuminated titlepiece indicating that it is volume 3 of al-Shifa' (fol. 2a), which is followed by a double-page frontispiece (fols. 2b-3a) and a page with another illuminated titlepiece (fol. 3b). It concludes with an illuminated explicit with tailpiece inscribed with the prayer for the Prophet Muhammad (fol. 140a). The binding is reddish-brown goatskin with a gold-tooled frame and a central medallion of geometric design with two pendants.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2007 | Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Bindings from the Islamic World. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Maghreb (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Folio H: 10 5/8 x W: 7 7/8 in. (27.0 x 20.0 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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W.580
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