Manuscripts in Riqa Script 36 items

10. Illuminated Double-page Incipit

Creator:
Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (Persian, died 898 AH/AD 1492)
Date:
965 AH/AD 1557-1558
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 7/8 in. (24.5 x 15 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream-colored, gold-sprinkled laid paper
Time period:
Safavid

11. Illuminated Double-page Incipit with Titlepiece

Creator:
Nur al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Jami (Persian, died 898 AH/AD 1492)
Date:
965 AH/AD 1557-1558
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 9 5/8 x W: 5 7/8 in. (24.5 x 15 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream-colored, gold-sprinkled laid paper
Time period:
Safavid

12. Binding from Poems (tarji'band)

Creator:
Iranian
Date:
13th century AH/AD 19th century
Extent:
Dimensions: Folio H: 6 7/8 x W: 4 5/16 in. (17.5 x 11.0 cm)
Medium:
lacquer
Time period:
Qajar

13. Illuminated Explicit Page with Colophon

Creator:
al-Busiri (Egyptian, died 694 AH/AD 1294)
Date:
11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins

15. Left Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit

Creator:
Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri (Turkish)
Date:
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream-colored paper
Time period:
Ottoman

17. Right Side of an Illuminated Double-page Incipit

Creator:
Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri (Turkish)
Date:
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream-colored paper
Time period:
Ottoman

18. Incipit with Illuminated Titlepiece

Creator:
Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)
Date:
10th century AH/AD 16th century
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 11 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on tinted laid paper: cream for text area and rose or light brown for margins
Time period:
Safavid (?)

19. Illuminated Colophon

Creator:
'Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 40 AH/AD 661)
Date:
941 AH/AD 1534
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper

20. Poem in Honor of the Prophet Muhammad

Creator:
al-Busiri (Egyptian, died 694 AH/AD 1294)
Date:
11th century AH/AD 17th century-12th century AH/AD 18th century
Extent:
Dimensions: Folio H: 10 1/16 x W: 6 1/2 in. (25.5 x 16.5 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream, glazed paper for main panel with multi-colored paper for inlaid margins covered with red goatskin with gold with black leather doublures

21. Qur'an

Creator:
Iranian
Date:
1230 AH/AD 1814-1815 (?)
Extent:
Dimensions: Folio H: 5 5/16 x W: 3 1/8 in. (13.5 x 8 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream laid paper covered with lacquer

22. Qur'an

Creator:
Iranian
Date:
13th century AH/AD 19th century
Extent:
Dimensions: Folio H: 3 3/4 x W: 2 9/16 in. (9.5 x 6.5 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper covered with lacquer with marbled paper
Time period:
Qajar

23. Qur'an

Creator:
Muhammad ibn Mustafa Izmiri (Turkish)
Date:
1282 AH/AD 1865-1866
Extent:
Dimensions: Folio H: 5 1/8 x W: 3 9/16 in. (13 x 9 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on cream-colored paper covered in black leather with gold and blue paper endpapers
Time period:
Ottoman

24. Kitāb al-Ashbāh wa-al-naẓāʼir al-naḥwīyah

Creator:
Suyūṭī
سيوطي
Contributor:
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
Eminzade Mustafa, former owner
امين زاده مصطفى، مالك سابق
Date:
[1480?-1536].
Language:
Arabic
Extent:
290 leaves : paper ; 233 x 155 (163 x 75) mm.

25. Prayer Book

Creator:
'Ali ibn Abi Talib (died 40 AH/AD 661)
Date:
941 AH/AD 1534
Extent:
Dimensions: Folio H: 9 1/4 x W: 6 1/2 in. (23.5 x 16.5 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper covered with gold-tooled brown leather

26. Text Page with Dedication to the Ottoman Sultan Selim I

Creator:
Muhammad ibn Pir Ahmad al-shahir bi-Ibn Arghun al-Shirazi (early 16th century)
Date:
918 AH/AD 1512
Extent:
Dimensions: H: 7 1/16 x W: 4 1/2 in. (18 x 11.5 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on laid paper
Time period:
Ottoman

27. Three Collections of Poetry

Creator:
Nizami Ganjavi (Azerbaijani, died 605 AH/AD 1209)
Date:
10th century AH/AD 16th century
Extent:
Dimensions: Folio H: 11 x W: 7 1/2 in. (28 x 19 cm)
Medium:
ink and pigments on tinted laid paper: cream for text area and rose or light brown for margins covered with red leather with gold
Time period:
Safavid (?)

28. Talismanic scroll with metal case

Contributor:
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
Ḥusayn Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥusaynī al-Khurāsānī, scribe
حسين ابراهيم ابن محمد الحسيني الخراساني، ناسخ
Date:
[1327? and 17--?].
Language:
Arabic
Extent:
1 roll : paper ; (4425 x 104-112 mm) + 1 metal case (145 x 54 mm).
Geographic region:
Africa, North
Middle East
Spain
Islamic Empire

29. الاربعين في اصول الدين

Creator:
Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻUmar, 1149 or 1150-1210
Date:
1700-1700
Language:
Arabic
Extent:
128 leaves: paper ; 195 x 125 (147 x 80) mm. bound to 195 x 125 mm.

30. Kitāb-i Tuhfat al-aḥrār

Creator:
Jāmī
جامي
Contributor:
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
Date:
[1568].
Language:
Persian
Extent:
63 leaves ([128] p.) : paper ; 227 x 123 (142 x 61) mm.
Time period:
747-1500

31. Majmūʻat suwar min al-Qurʼān

Contributor:
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
Date:
1475-1525?].
Language:
Arabic
Extent:
24 leaves : paper ; 233 x 163 mm.

32. Mecmua-yi eş'ar ve enva-yi hutut

Contributor:
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
Date:
[15-- to 1640].
Language:
Persian
Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928)
Extent:
112 leaves : paper ; 198 x 130 mm.

33. al-Qurʼān

Date:
17--?].
Language:
Arabic
Persian
Extent:
223 leaves : paper ; 233 x 143 mm.

34. al-Kawākib al-durrīyah fī madḥ khayr al-barīyah

Creator:
Būṣīrī, Sharaf al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Saʻīd
بوصيري, شرف الدين محمد بن سعيد
Contributor:
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
Ziftāwī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī, calligrapher
Fayyūmī, Nāṣir al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Ṣamad
زفتاوي، محمد بن علي، خطاط
فيومي، ناصر الدين محمد بن عبد الصبد،
Date:
[1381].
Language:
Arabic
Extent:
28 leaves : paper ; 349 x 265 (309 x 212) mm. bound to 355 x 270 mm.
Geographic region:
Middle East
Africa, North
Spain
Islamic empire

36. Kitāb Tārīkh al-Waṣṣāf al-musammá bi-Tajziyat al-amṣār wa-tazjiyat al-Aʻṣār

Creator:
Vaṣṣāf al-Ḥaz̤rat, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Faz̤l Allāh
.وصاف الحضرة، عبد الله بن فضل الله
Contributor:
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, former owner
Muḥammad Nabīl, former owner
ʻAlī ibn Ismāʻīl ibn Ḥamzah, scribe
محمد نبيل، مالك سابق
علي ابن اسماعيل ابن حمزة, ناسخ
Date:
1516].
Language:
Persian
Extent:
296 leaves : paper ; 250 x 180 (200 x 120) mm.
Geographic region:
Iran
Time period:
640-1500