ISBN |
9783201019996 (hbk.) |
Author |
Ritter, Markus 1967- |
Title |
Der Goldkoran aus der zeit der Seldchuken und Atabegs : vollständige faksimile-ausgabe von Cod. arab. 1112 der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München : kommentar = The golden Qur'an from the age of the Seljuks and Atabegs : completely reproduced facsimile of Cod. arab. 1112 of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich : commentary / Markus Ritter, Noruane Ben Azzouna |
Publisher |
Graz : Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt, 2015 |
Physical desc. |
178 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Codices selecti commentarium 118 |
Note |
Accompanying volume to the facsimile edition of: Der Goldene Koran in der Staatsbibliothek München = The Golden Koran, Munich, Bavarian State Library, Cod. arab. 1112 (Graz : Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 2010). |
CBL illustrations: p. [105], plate 19 (Is 1431, f. 7b). |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-85). |
Contents |
English: Pt. 1: Introduction -- Pt. 2: Codicology. Format and page layout -- The Qur'anic text and its division -- Writing materials and the writing surface: ink and gilded paper -- Pt. 3: The writing in round and angular scripts. The round scripts in the Qur'anic text -- Round and angular scripts in the paratext -- Later additions and restorations -- Pt. 4: Illumination: The illuminated double-page frontispiece -- The sura heading panels -- Decorative themes: interlace, vegetal motifs, dots -- Floral marginal vignettes at the sura heading -- The numbering and prostration markers in the margins -- The original and later rosettes in the Qur'anic text -- Summary: dating and attribution, execution and hands -- Pt. 4: The Ottoman binding -- Pt. 6: Repairs and acquisition history -- Pt. 7: Conclusions and hypotheses -- Appendix 1: Sura beginnings, headings, verse counts and scripts in Cod. arab. 1112 -- Appendix 2: Dated and datable manuscripts from the Masriq, eleventh to mid-thirteenth centuries. |
Language Note |
Separate text in German and English; parallel text in the appendices; separate contents pages (English: p. 121). |
Subject |
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Manuscript -- Cod. arab. 1112 |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1431 |
Qur'an -- Manuscripts |
Codicology |
Paleography, Arabic |
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts |
Added name(s) |
Ben Azzouna, Nourane |
Added name(s) - Corporate |
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek |