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Or 16924
- Record Id:
- 032-003390405
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003390405
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100050844036.0x0000f3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100145420291.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 16924
- Title:
- West African Illuminated copy of the Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt with Carrying Case
- Scope & Content:
- Richly illuminated West African copy of the Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt, a popular book of devotional prayers to the Prophet Muhammad written by the Moroccan Muḥammad Ibn Sulaymān Jazūlī (d.1465). Probably copied in Nigeria. Features full page illuminations (ff. 1v 2r 31v, 87v, 143v, 180v) and half-page illuminations (ff. 10r, 12r, 32r, 53v, 69r, 101v, 157v, 180r) of geometric patterns. In addition, medallions (ff. 36r, 56r, 82r, 107r, 144r, 181r) divide the work into daily reading portions, so that it can be read within a week. Uniform hand throughout. Inscription on the frontispiece of pulp board states the copyist completed the work on a Sunday.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- West African Arabic Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003390405", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 16924: West African Illuminated copy of the Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt with Carrying Case" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003390405
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003390405
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 214 ff
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100145420291.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1900
- Date Range:
- Mid 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: pulp board, cloth and leather carrying case, two pulp board boards either side of text block, thin cleanly cut brown paper.
Paper: No watermarks or chain lines.
Dimensions: 150x100mm
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil.
Script: medium Central Sudanic.
Ink: black for text, red for rubrications and vocalisation, yellow pigment (now largely faded) for trefoils. Red, black and yellow inks for medallions and illuminations.
Ruling: 9 lines per page. No margin lines.
Binding: loose leaf. Text block held between two square pieces of board with a white surface. This is cotemporaneous with the text block. originally held in carrying case of with rough cloth interior lined with leather, now kept separately (or 16924/2). Main body of the carrying case is of light brown and soft (suede-like) leather with sections of dark green and dark brown harder, shiner pieceson the external flap, attached with densely stitched black leather thread. Two decorated double roundels adorn the bottom corners of the front of the case, decoratively threaded with white and brown leather thread. Inside the flap is an internal flap resembling the spine of a book and embossed with geometric designs. Sides of the box stitched together with thinner leather or cotton. Bottom of case has a pulp board underlay.
Condition: complete work. No colophon. Condition of text block largely good, although portions lightly stained with a blueish ink or dye. Square pieces of board have largely lost their white surface. Frontispiece originally had a leather strap of which only the fixture remains. Carrying case in poor condition. Soft leather back almost completely detached from cloth underlay, dark green leather has become brittle and flaky, rips and tears of the soft leather in other places.
Marginalia: occasional, Arabic
- Custodial History:
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Usage Statement: The West African manuscripts published in digitised format by the British Library are to the best of our knowledge not in copyright under the law of their countries of origin. While it is not possible to be certain about the origin of all the manuscripts, our research suggests that they come from Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal and/or The Gambia.
The British Library recognises broader interests in the cultural heritage which the West African manuscripts represent. They are often of a religious nature, and the Library has taken considerable care not to distort or alter the underlying material. We ask users also to show appropriate respect in reusing the digital images of the West African manuscripts, which should not be altered or reused in ways that might be derogatory or offensive to those communities for whom they are of special cultural importance.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased by the British Library in 2014.
- Arrangement:
- loose-leaf
- Administrative Context:
- Place of origin: West Africa
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)