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Source Description
Walters manuscript W.659 is an Ottoman illuminated and illustrated Turkish version of 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of creation) by Zakariya al-Qazwini (died 692 AH/AH 1293), made at the request of the Vizier Murtaza Pasa (Murtadá Pasha) (active 11th century AH/AD 17th). The codex was completed in 1121 AH/AD 1717 by Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani. There are 444 paintings illustrating the text. The binding is not original to the manuscript.
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Document identity
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3488
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Turkish Version of the Wonders of Creation
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title
Turkish Version of the Wonders of Creation
description
Walters manuscript W.659 is an Ottoman illuminated and illustrated Turkish version of 'Aja'ib al-makhluqat (Wonders of creation) by Zakariya al-Qazwini (died 692 AH/AH 1293), made at the request of the Vizier Murtaza Pasa (Murtadá Pasha) (active 11th century AH/AD 17th). The codex was completed in 1121 AH/AD 1717 by Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani. There are 444 paintings illustrating the text. The binding is not original to the manuscript.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1121 AH/AD 1717 (Ottoman)
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illuminated manuscripts
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cm
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33
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20
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Folio H: 13 x W: 7 7/8 in. (33 x 20 cm)
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Islamic
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Ottoman Dynasty
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ink and pigments on European laid paper covered with leather
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