Language: Arabic Origin: North Africa? Repository: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Classmark: BSB Cod.arab. 633 Former Owner: Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter Description: Ibrāhīm Ibn-al-Faraǧ aṣṢūlī: Kitāb Aḫbār al-Iskandar wa-'l-Ḫiḍr - BSB Cod.arab. 633 IIIF Manifest: https://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/presentation/v2/bsb00043881/manifest

Date: 1306 Language: Arabic Origin: North Africa Repository: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Classmark: BSB Cod.arab. Former Owner: Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter Description: 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, 2019 IIIF Manifest: https://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/presentation/v2/bsb00047627/manifest

Date: 1306 Language: Arabic Origin: North Africa Repository: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Classmark: BSB Cod.arab. 3 Former 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, 2019 IIIF Manifest: https://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/presentation/v2/bsb00047628/manifest

Date: 1078-1079 Language: Arabic Origin: North Africa Repository: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Classmark: BSB Cod.arab. 802 Former Owner: Johann Albrecht Widmanstetter (1506-1557) Description: Inhalt: Das Buch der Siebensachen" (nicht wie zu Anfang der Handschrift steht "de morborum septimanis diebus"), ein unterschobenes Werk des Hippocrates, mit einem Kommentar des Galenus, angeblich ins Arabische übersetzt vom Arzt Isḥāq Ibn-Ḥunain. Die Grundidee, die der unbekannte Verfasser verfolgte, ist die Darstellung des Menschen als einer Welt im Kleinen. Die Einteilung in der Ausführung beruht auf der Zahl sieben. Die ganze Welt bestehe aus sieben Teilen, ebenso die Erde, ebenso der Mensch etc. Der letzte Teil, der von den Fiebern, von der natürlichen Wärme und Kälte, von der Feuchtigkeit und Trockenheit als den Materien spricht, durch die und in denen sich Krankheiten entwickeln, ist noch am meisten medizinisch. IIIF Manifest: https://api.digitale-sammlungen.de/iiif/presentation/v2/bsb00047640/manifest