Harvard Art Museums > 11.2015: Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers , 11.2015,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/352086. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 11.2015 Title Illustrated Manuscript of Prayers Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date 1851 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey) Period Ottoman period Culture Ottoman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/352086 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on paper; dark brown leather binding Dimensions 15.5 x 11 cm (6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2015. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Loan from A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Object Number 11.2015 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The small manuscript opens with an illuminated sarlawh and decorated margins. The text is copied in naskh, 11 lines to a page. It was penned by Sayyid Mustafa al-Raf'ati in H. 1268 (1851) according to its colophon, which also mentions that the scribe was a pupil of “Hafiz al-Qur'an” Ahmed al-Nazifi. The text is ruled with a thick single line in well-bunished gold. Folia 18v-19r display two illustrations of the Ka`ba in Mecca and the Prophet's mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in Medina. The dark brown leather binding is decorated with a shamsa in the centre, surrounded by leaves and flowers in gold and silver, all enclosed by tooled borders. The binding is contemporary Ottoman style. The inside cover is dark green paper with embossed floral patterns. Related Works 11.2015.1 Flyleaf (blank recto, blank verso of folio 1), from a manuscript of prayers Manuscripts 11.2015.3 Illuminated sarlawh of the frontispiece (blank folio recto, illuminated sarlawh verso of folio 3) from a manuscript of prayers Manuscripts 11.2015.4 Text folio with illuminated margin and illuminated sarlawh (text recto, sarlawh verso of folio 4) from a manuscript of prayer Manuscripts 11.2015.5 Text folio with illuminated margin (text with illuminated margin recto, text verso of folio 5) from a manuscript of prayer Manuscripts 11.2015.6 Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 6) from a manuscript of prayers Manuscripts 11.2015.13 The Prophet’s names (text recto; chart verso of folio 13), from a manuscript of prayers Manuscripts 11.2015.14 The Prophet’s names (a decorated chart recto; a decorated chart verso of folio 14), from a manuscript of prayer Manuscripts 11.2015.17 The Prophet’s names (a full-page chart recto; a half-page chart and text verso of folio 17), from a manuscript of prayers Manuscripts 11.2015.18 The first colophon and the Ka‘ba at Mecca (text recto, painting verso of folio 18) from a manuscript of prayer Manuscripts 11.2015.19 The Prophet’s Mosque at Medina (painting recto, text verso of folio 19) from a manuscript of prayer Manuscripts 11.2015.20 Illuminated sarlawh (text recto, illuminated sarlawh verso of folio 20) from a manuscript of prayer Manuscripts 11.2015.21 Text folio with illuminated margin (text recto, text verso of folio 21) from a manuscript of prayers Manuscripts 11.2015.29 Text folio with an illuminated caption and a section marker (text recto, text verso of folio 29) from a manuscript of prayer Manuscripts 11.2015.30 Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 30) from a manuscript of prayer Manuscripts 11.2015.102 Illuminated colophon (text recto, blank page verso of folio 102) from a manuscript of prayers Manuscripts 11.2015.105 Flyleaf (blank recto, blank verso of folio 105), from a manuscript of prayers Manuscripts Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
