Date: 1306Language: ArabicOrigin: North AfricaRepository: Bayerische StaatsbibliothekClassmark: BSB Cod.arab.Former Owner: Johann Albrecht WidmanstetterDescription: This outstanding early 14th-century manuscript is the first part of a Qur'an originally comprising 12 volumes, which, according to the colophon, was produced for the Moroccan ruler Abū Yaʾqūb Yūsuf. This text and a companion manuscript, also in the Bavarian State Library (Cod.arab 3), contain, respectively, the first and last five sixtieths of the Qur'an. The text is written in Maghrebi script on parchment, with only seven lines to a page. The well-proportioned balancing of the text area with the wide margins gives the Qur'an its monumental character. Colorful signs indicate the vocalization and golden circles mark the verses. The medallions of the surah headings in the margins are carried out with very delicate arabesque ornaments. Several elegant double-page illuminations open and close the manuscript. Experts rate this manuscript and the companion Cod.arab 3 as among the most outstanding copies of the Qur'an in existence. // Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Oriental and Asia Department, 2019IIIF Manifest:https://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/presentation/v2/bsb00047627/manifest
Date: 1306Language: ArabicOrigin: North AfricaRepository: Bayerische StaatsbibliothekClassmark: BSB Cod.arab. 3Former Owner: Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter (1506-1557)Description: This outstanding manuscript contains the last part of a precious Qur'an originally comprising 12 volumes, which, according to the colophon in the last part of the Qur'an, was produced for the Moroccan Marinide ruler Abū Ya'qūb Yūsuf Ibn Ya'qūb (reigned 1286-1307). The manuscript contains surat (chapters) 1-3, 14, and 62-114 and, respectively, the first and last five hizb (small sections, or sixtieths) of the Qur'an. The Qur'an was written in black ink in Maghribi script, which had spread in the 10th century from Tunisia through Algeria and Morocco to Spain. The monumental character of this manuscript results from the well-proportioned balancing of the text area, with only seven lines to a page, and the broad margins. The text is enriched by colorful signs that indicate the vocalization and by golden circles that contain the number of the verses. The letter ha', stylized to resemble a raindrop, refers to five verses. The saying la 'ilaha 'illa Allah (There is no god but God) is emphasized in golden thuluth script. The surah headings are written in golden Kufic, some of which are additionally set into decorated panels surrounded by strap-work or palmette frames. The medallions of the surah headings in the margins are executed with very delicate arabesque ornaments. Several elegant double-page illuminations open and close the manuscript. Experts rate this manuscript as among the most outstanding copies of the Qur'an. The dominant feature of the original binding is a star pattern with gilded lines. The manuscript came from the collection of Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter to the Munich Court Library, the present-day Bavarian State Library. // Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Oriental and Asia Department, 2019IIIF Manifest:https://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/presentation/v2/bsb00047628/manifest
Author: Joseph b. Judah Ibn ʿAqninDate: 900-1599Language: Hebrew | Judaeo-ArabicMaterial: PaperOrigin: North AfricaRepository: Cambridge University LibraryClassmark: L-G Arabic 2.59Former Owner: Gibson, Margaret Dunlop | Lewis, Agnes SmithDescription: Pages from the Al-Inkišāf al-Asrār (‘The Revealing of Secrets’), a philosophical commentary on the Song of Songs by Joseph b. Judah Ibn ʿAqnin, a follower of Maimonides from Morocco (d. 1226). Commentary on Song of Songs 1:2-5.IIIF Manifest:https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/iiif/MS-LG-ARABIC-00002-00059
Author: Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsá al-ŠāṭibīDate: 1369Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 15Former Owner: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza 1503-1575IIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe15.json
Author: Sīrāfī, Muḥammad Ibn-Masʿūd as-Date: 1377Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 25Former Owner: Mūlāy Zaydān, Sultan of Morocco r. 1603-1627IIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe25.json
Author: Harawī, ʻAlī ibn MuḥammadDate: 1367Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 33 (1ª)Former Owner: Mūlāy Zaydān, Sultan of Morocco r. 1603-1627IIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe33_1.json
Author: Harawī, Sirāǧ al-Dīn Maḥmūd b. Yūsuf al-Date: 1367Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 33 (2ª)Former Owner: Mūlāy Zaydān, Sultan of Morocco r. 1603-1627IIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe33_2.json
Author: Ibn Umm Qāsim, al-Ḥasan ibn QāsimDate: 1398Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 4Former Owner: Mūlāy Zaydān, Sultan of Morocco r. 1603-1627IIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe4.json
Author: Abū Ḥayyān al-Ġarnāṭī, Muḥammad ibn YūsufDate: 1337Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 52Former Owner: Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad al-Mallāḥ, fl. 1500sIIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe52.json
Author: Abū Ḥayyān al-Ġarnāṭī, Muḥammad ibn YūsufDate: 1337Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 19Former Owner: Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad al-Mallāḥ, fl. 1500sIIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe53.json
Author: Abū Ḥayyān al-Ġarnāṭī, Muḥammad ibn YūsufDate: 1337Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 54Former Owner: Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad al-Mallāḥ, fl. 1500sIIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe54.json
Author: Abū Ḥayyān al-Ġarnāṭī, Muḥammad ibn YūsufDate: 1339Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 55Former Owner: Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad al-Mallāḥ, fl. 1500sIIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe55.json
Author: Abū Ḥayyān al-Ġarnāṭī, Muḥammad ibn YūsufDate: 1337Language: ArabicMaterial: PaperRepository: Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de El EscorialClassmark: RBMECAT Árabe 56Former Owner: Yaḥyā ibn Muḥammad al-Mallāḥ, fl. 1500sIIIF Manifest:https://rbdigital.realbiblioteca.es/files/manifests/esc_Arabe56.json
