Kitāb Duʻāʼ al-Jawshan
- Holding institution:
- Penn Museum
- Data provider:
- Penn Museum
- Title:
- Kitāb Duʻāʼ al-Jawshan
كتاب دعاء الجوشن - Date:
- between 1468-1496
- Description:
- Large format, illuminated copy of prayers from Kitāb Duʻāʼ al-Jawshan and the Duʻāʼ al-Sayfī, attributed to ʻAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib. The copy is dedicated to Qāʼit Bāy, the Sultan of Egypt and Syria (d. 1496). The first page of text gives the transmitter as Muḥammad ibn Zayn al-ʻArab Sharafshāh al-Ḥusaynī (p. [4]).
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Fascimiles
Illuminations (painting)
Notes (documents)
Manuscripts, Arabic
Manuscripts, 15th century
Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens - Geographic region:
- Egypt?
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Dimitri Andalaft in 1924Formerly owned by Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Ṣadīqī (owner's note p. [35]).
- Extent:
- First 14 pages written in 7 lines of 4 short lines alternating with 3 long lines; remaining pages written in the same rulings, but with 3 lines to each short section, for a total of 12 lines, 3 sets of 3 short lines, written in small script, alternating with 3 long lines.
- Publisher:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Rights:
- Images are ©2019 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License version 4.0 (CC-BY-2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.
Metadata is ©2019 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. - Identifier:
- Penn Museum NEP26
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World