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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Cologny |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Bodmer 542 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Excerpts from the Koran and from a prayer |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 1 f. · 12.3 × 969.6 cm · second half of the 15th/beginning of the 16th century |
| Language: |
Language
Arabic |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary The roll mounted on thin green tissue (silk?) is composed of 19 paper strips glued together. It comes from the second half of the fifteenth or the beginning of the sixteenth century and was produced in an Iranian area (Timurids, Turkmen), as suggested by the floral tendril pattern on the background of 29 rectangles. The text copied on the roll consists of passages from the Koran (incomplete) and from a prayer. The text was copied in different colors (Red, Blue, Gold, Green, among others) in rectangles, squares and ribbons (Script: Nasḫ). The passages in large characters (ca. 4 cm high) in the rectangles are in turn composed of Koran passages in microscopic script (ġubār) (f. 5). This is characteristic of pieces from Iran from the sixteenth century onwards. In the first rectangle there are successive entries on a change of ownership in the year 957/1550. It is likely that the here-mentioned Sulṭān Sulaymān is Suleiman the Magnificent (reigned 1520–66), but it cannot be proven (f. 2). Martin Bodmer acquired the roll in 1961 from the estate of the famous antiquarian Martin Breslauer (1871-1940). |
| Standard description: | Standard description PD Dr. Tobias Nünlist, Universität Zürich, 2025. Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0542 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0542) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0542 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/fmb-cb-0542/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 542: Excerpts from the Koran and from a prayer (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0542). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 08/21/2025 |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Scroll/Roll |
| Century: |
Century
15th century, 16th century |
| Decoration: |
Decoration
Fully Painted, Ornamental |
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