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| Keywords: Muhammad Salih ibn 'Umar - Qur'an - Walters W743 - Top Exterior.jpg This illuminated copy of the Qur'an Walters manuscript W 743 was written in Naskh script in Istanbul al-Qustantiniyah in 1269 AH/AD 1853 by Muhammad Salih ibn 'Umar a pupil of Amin al-Bahjat Behcet According to the colophon fol 257b the manuscript was finished in Ramadan 1269 AH/AD 1853 The scribe states that he was born in Kumuljunah Gümülcine Komotini in northeastern Greece and resided in the Madrasat Mulazimlar in the vicinity of Hammam Sulaymaniyah in al-Qustantiniyah The manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece of Surat al-fatihah and the beginning of Surat al-baqarah There are two finispieces a colophon misbound at fol 257b and a final prayer fol 305a Other illuminated elements include chapter headings and verse markers in the form of illuminated disks and rosettes islamic 1853 1269 Ottoman ink and pigments on laid European paper covered with black leather with gold Folio cm 16 11 accession number W 743 22637 Robert L Fox date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of Robert L Fox 1990 place of origin Constantinople present-day Istanbul Turkey Walters Art Museum license 2D Qur'an 19th century Walters MS 743 | ||||
