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Manuscript of the First Volume of the Sahih of Bukhari

Manuscript of the First Volume of the Sahih of Bukhari

ManuscriptsOttoman?15th century

Manuscript of the First Volume of the Sahih of Bukhari

1453

Description

This is an illuminated copy of the first volume of Bukhari's Sahih, one of the six canonical hadith collections of sunni Islam. The manuscript consists of 251 unpaginated folios. The ownership seal on the first folio has been scraped off. There is an illuminated roundel with four pendants on its axes at the beginning of the manuscript. However the name has been scraped off from its inscription. The text folios begin with a beautiful illuminated double page. The text is copied in muhaqqaq and rayhani scripts in 17 lines per page with black ink with section headings in gold. The colophon at the end of the text gives the date as 12 Dhul-hijja 857 (14 December 1453) and the name of the scribe which has been scraped off. There are some marginal notes and corrections on the text. The manuscript has a stamped leather binding with flap, but it has been rebound with European-style spine.

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Illumination with text; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with leather binding

Culture

Ottoman?

Period

Ottoman period

Century

15th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

25.4 x 17.1 x 3 cm (10 x 6 3/4 x 1 3/16 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, London 6 July 1976], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1976, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

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