Folio from Fath al-Bari fi sharh al-Bukhari (Victory of the creator, a commentary on al-Bukhari) by Ibn Hadjar al-Askalani (d.1449); Illuminated title page

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Fath al-bari fi sharh al-bukhari (Victory of the creator, a commentary on al-Bukhari) by Ibn Hadjar al-Askalani; recto: text, seal, one column, 29 lines; verso: illuminated title page: sarlawh with title, shamsa containing the name of author, seal and inscription; Arabic in black and red naskhi script; heading in white thuluth script; marginal medallion; vocalized in black.
Border: The recto is set in blue rulings on cream-colored paper; the verso is set in gold, black, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.

Maker(s)
Author: Ibn Hadjar al-'Askalani
Historical period(s)
Mamluk period, 15th century
Medium
Ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 31.8 x 25 cm (12 1/2 x 9 13/16 in)
Geography
Egypt
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1931.24
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Manuscript
Type

Manuscript folio

Keywords
Egypt, illumination, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), naskh script, thuluth script
Provenance

To 1931
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1931 [1]

From 1931
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1931 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

[2] See note 1.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Hagop Kevorkian 1872-1962

Description

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of Fath al-bari fi sharh al-bukhari (Victory of the creator, a commentary on al-Bukhari) by Ibn Hadjar al-Askalani; recto: text, seal, one column, 29 lines; verso: illuminated title page: sarlawh with title, shamsa containing the name of author, seal and inscription; Arabic in black and red naskhi script; heading in white thuluth script; marginal medallion; vocalized in black.
Border: The recto is set in blue rulings on cream-colored paper; the verso is set in gold, black, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.

Inscription(s)

Illuminated title page: waqf or deed of gift is written in red, and al-Madrasa Khalil Beg is written in black. Seal reads Khalil Beg.

Collection Area(s)
Arts of the Islamic World
Web Resources
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