Lapis and gold: exploring Chester Beatty’s Ruzbihan Qur’an
The Chester Beatty Library's 16th-century Ruzbihan Qurʾan, produced in the city of Shiraz in southwest Iran, is one of the finest Islamic manuscripts known. In terms of both materials and workmanship, it is exquisite: lapis lazuli and gold, the two most expensive pigments available, are used on...
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| Summary: | The Chester Beatty Library's 16th-century Ruzbihan Qurʾan, produced in the city of Shiraz in southwest Iran, is one of the finest Islamic manuscripts known. In terms of both materials and workmanship, it is exquisite: lapis lazuli and gold, the two most expensive pigments available, are used on every page, while the rendering of the decoration is exceptionally fine. This is the most detailed and comprehensive study of any Islamic manuscript - and it is well worthy of such scrutiny |
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Contents
X
XII
XIV
XV
4
5
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4i
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48
5i
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Foreword by fionnuala croke
Author’s Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Notes to the Reader
Part 1. Introducing the Manuscript
The Manuscript in Brief
A Manuscript in Need of Repair
How Many Ruzbihans?
The Historical and Art Historical Context in Brief
Part 2. Writing the Words of God
The Writing Surface
The Layout and Decoration of the Text
Edge Notes and the Copying of the Text
Types of Script
Muhaqqaq
Thulth
Naskh
Display Scripts
The Spacing of the Text: Problems and Solutions
Omissions and the Irregular Placement of Text
Omissions of Text from Lines of Naskh
The Placement of Letters in Vertical Side Panels
Omissions of Text from Lines of Muhaqqaq and Thulth
Omissions of Text in Earlier Qur’an Manuscripts
Errors and Corrections
The Calligrapher
Ruzbihan’s Colophon
Ruzbihan’s Name
VII
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§7
9i
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H5
n6
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13°
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Part 3. Reading and Reciting the Words of God
Variant Readings of the Qur’an: Hafs and Shu'ba
Waqf and Ibtida (Pausing and Starting)
Divisions of the Text
Verse Markers
a. Small-scale script (naskh) markers
b. Large-scale script (muhaqqaq-thulth) markers
Five- and Ten-Verse Marginal Devices
]uz\ Nisf al-JuzJ and Hizb
Sajda
Part 4. Decorating the Words of God I
Beginning, Middle and End Illuminations
The Beginning
The Middle
The End, as it is Today
The End, as it was in the Sixteenth Century
Khatm Prayers and Falnamas in Other Sixteenth-Century Qur’ans
Vertical Side Panels
Vertical Side Panels with Multi-Coloured Blossoms
Vertical Side Panels with ‘Stencilled-Type’ Blossoms
Sura Headings and Other Related Panels
Standard Gold-Ground Headings
Groups of Headings based on Types of Cartouche
a. Cartouches derived from the cloud collar
b. Cartouches with concavely curved ends
c. Simple, lobed cartouches
d. Other cartouche types
A Change in Aesthetic
Script Decoration
Vertical Side Panels
Sura Headings
Pigments and Palette
The Layout of the Openings
Part 5. Decorating the Words of God II
Frames
Text Area Frames
Vertical Side Panel Frames
Sura Heading Frames
Frames of the Beginning, Middle and End Illuminations
Frames of Major Decorative Elements
VIII
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3°2
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3°9
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Part 5. Decorating the Words of God II (contd)
Rays
Individual Motifs
Blossoms, Buds and Leaves
a. The lotus and other multi-coloured blossoms
b. The lotus: an overview of sixteenth-century Shiraz types
c. The lotus and other monochrome, stencilled-type blossoms
Palmettes
Cloud Bands
Squiggles and Eyes
The Manipulation of Gold
Investigating the Palette of the Ruzbihan Qur’an
BY KRISTINE ROSE BEERS
The Manuscript’s Binding
The Original, Sixteenth-Century Binding
The Nineteenth-Century Binding
Part 6. Concluding Remarks
Situating the Ruzbihan Qur’an
From Shiraz to Dublin
Part 7. Appendices
1. Dimensions and Other Codicological Details of CBL Is 1558
2. Manuscripts with Colophons Signed by the Calligrapher Ruzbihan
Muhammad al-Tabci al-Shirazi
3. Sixteenth-Century Qur’ans and Other Manuscripts Relevant to the
Study of Chester Beatty’s Ruzbihan Qur’an (CBL Is 1558)
4. The Arabic Alphabet and Numerals
5. Waqf (Recitation) Signs Used in the Ruzbihan Qur’an
6. Material Analysis of the Ruzbihan Qur’an: Table of Analytical Findings
7. Illuminated Tookalikes’: CBL Is 1558 and a Shamsa and Frontispiece in
the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
8. Manuscripts with Illuminations Signed by or Attributed to an
Individual Named Ruzbihan
9. Concordance of Manuscript and Folio Numbers with Figure, Plate and
Page Numbers
Bibliography of Works Cited
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