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Gospels

Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (Egyptian, active ca. 1684) (Scribe)

7192 AM/AD 1684

ink and pigments on laid paper covered with brown goatskin
(Islamic World , Manuscripts and Rare Books, Islamic Manuscripts)

Walters manuscript W.592 is an illuminated and illustrated Arabic manuscript of the Gospels by Matthew (Mattá), Mark (Marqus), Luke (Luqa), and John (Yuhanna) and was copied in Egypt by Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib, who was most likely a Coptic monk, in Anno Mundi 7192/AD 1684. The text is written in Naskh in black ink with rubrics in red. The decoration is comprised of illuminated headpieces, numerous floral paintings, and approximately fifty illustrations (fols. 3a, 8a, 10a, 18a, 20b, 23a, 24a, 25a, 31b, 39a, 41a, 43a, 47a, 48b, 58a, 74a, 81b, 85b, 86b, 88b, 89b, 131b, 134b, 137b, 138b, 143b, 151a, 157a, 161a, 166a, 169a, 188b, 190b, 192b, 196a, 201a, 204b, 207a, 208b, 212a, 215a, 219a, 223b, 231a, 234a, 240b, 244a, 245a, 254b, and 260a ). The brown goatskin binding with blind-tooled central oval medallion, pendants, and cornerpieces is contemporary with the manuscript.

Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [Henry Walters Ex Libris book plate on the inside of the upper board]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2003	The Cross and the Crescent: Books from the Ottoman Age. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

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Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Folio H: 6 5/16 x W: 4 5/16 in. (16 x 11 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Third Floor: Islamic Art

Accession Number

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W.592

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Ilyas Basim Khuri Bazzi Rahib (Egyptian, active ca. 1684)

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Provenance

**Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.**

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.