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Lapis and gold: exploring Chester Beatty’s Ruzbihan Qur’an
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ISBN
1912168049 (hbk.)
9781912168040 (hbk.)
Author
Wright, Elaine Julia
Title
Lapis
and
gold : exploring Chester Beatty’s Ruzbihan Qur’an / Elaine Wright
Publisher
London : Chester Beatty Library in association with Ad Ilissvm, 2018
Physical desc.
xv, 320 pages ; color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Note
"Produced by Paul Holberton Publishing, London"--t.p. verso.
CBL illustrations
of
Is 1558 throughout.
Bibliography etc.
Includes bibliographical references
and
index.
Contents
Part . 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 -- 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 -- Juz', nisf al-juz'
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 word
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 -- 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 / 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. Dimensions
and
other codicological details
of
CBL Is 1558 -- Manuscripts with colophons signed by the calligrapher Ruzbihan Muhammad al-Tab'i al-Shirazi -- Sixteenth-century Qur'ans
and
other manuscripts relevant to the study
of
Chester Beatty's Ruzbihan Qur'an (CBL Is 1558) -- The Arabic alphabet
and
numerals -- Waqf (recitation) signs used in the Ruzbihan Qur'an -- Material analysis
of
the Ruzbihan Qur'an: table
of
analytical findings -- Illuminated 'lookalikes': CBL Is 1558
and
a shamsa
and
frontispiece in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- Manuscripts with illuminations signed by or attributed to an individual named Ruzbihan -- Concordance
of
manuscript
and
folio numbers with figure, plate
and
page numbers.
Person as subject
Ruzbihan Muhammad al-Tab'i al-Shirazi
Subject
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1558
Qur'an -- Manuscripts
Islamic illumination
of
books
and
manuscripts -- Iran -- Shīrāz
Islamic calligraphy -- Iran -- Shīrāz
Calligraphy, Persian -- Iran -- Shīrāz
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