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Elegant Qur'an copied by Muhammad b. Yahyâ al-Tarjumân
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Elegant Qur'an copied by Muhammad b. Yahyâ al-Tarjumân
See original version (French)
Estimate €20,000 - €30,000
Voluntary lot
Description
Elegant Qur'an copied by Muhammad b. Yahyâ al-Tarjumân
Ottoman Empire, Anatolia, Dated AH 989 / AD 1582
Arabic manuscript on paper, 280 leaves, copied in black ink in regular naskh, fourteen to fifteen lines per page, with vocalisations in red, verse separations marked with gold rosettes, and chrysographed sura titles in ruqa'. The manuscript opens with an illuminated polychrome double frontispiece, predominantly blue and gold, with floral and geometric decoration.
The colophon indicates a copy completed by Muhammad b. Yahyâ al-Tarjumân (Mehmed b. Yahya et-Tercüman) on Thursday 9 Dhu'l-Hijja 989 (4 January 1582).
Presence of a late waqf stamp mentioning the donation to the Mevlevihane of Kilis (Anatolia), bearing the name of Subuhi Dede, identified as the sheikh of this institution at the beginning of the 20th century.
Beautiful brown morocco binding with flap, richly stamped and gilt, decorated with lobed medallions and spandrels decorated with flowers.
Condition: wear, soiling, slight traces of damp.
20 x 14 cm (7.9 x 5.5 in.)
Provenance :
Sale anon. Hôtel des ventes du Tarn, 2025.
This manuscript is fully in keeping with Ottoman Qur'anic production at the end of the 16th century, a period marked by a high degree of standardisation and refinement in the copying of the sacred text. The illuminated frontispiece, with its symmetrical composition dominated by lapis blue and gold, refers to models well attested in the imperial and provincial workshops of the Ottoman Empire in the period of Murad III.
As the copyist, Muhammad b. Yahyâ al-Tarjumân, is not documented in known sources, this suggests a high-quality production outside the major imperial centres, illustrating the spread and appropriation of Ottoman models throughout the Empire.
The stamp attesting to its donation to the Mevlevihane of Kilis places this Qur'an in the tradition of Ottoman pious foundations. The Mevlevi Sufi convents, centres of spirituality and culture, played an essential role in the conservation and transmission of manuscripts.
An Ottoman illuminated Qur'an,copied by Muhammad b. Yahya al-Tarjuman (Mehmed b. Yahya et-Tercüman), Ottoman Empire, Anatolia, dated Thursday 9 Dhu'l-Hijja 989 AH / 4 January 1582 AD.
Arabic manuscript on paper, 280 leaves in regular naskh in black ink, 14 to 15 lines per page, with red vocalisations, gold rosette verse markers and chrysographed sura headings in ruqa'; opening with an illuminated polychrome double-frontispiece in lapis blue and gold with floral and geometric decoration. The colophon records the completion of the copy. A later waqf seal records its donation to the Mevlevihane of Kilis (Anatolia), bearing the name of Subuhi Dede, identified as the shaykh of that institution in the early 20th century. Fine brown morocco binding with flap, richly stamped and gilt with lobed medallions and floral spandrels. Wear, soiling, slight water stains.
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