A study of the arts of the book through a copy of the second chapter of the manuscript ‘Rawdat al-safaa’ preserved at the Islamic Museum

Ahmed, Tamer Mokhtar Mohamed

doi:10.21608/jguaa.2020.46020.1131

A study of the arts of the book through a copy of the second chapter of the manuscript ‘Rawdat al-safaa’ preserved at the Islamic Museum

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Tamer Mokhtar Mohamed Ahmed

assistant Prof. of Islamic archaeology - Faculty of Arts – Helwan University (EGYPT)

10.21608/jguaa.2020.46020.1131

Abstract

The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo has many Islamic manuscripts that are from Iran in the Safavid period. One of the most important manuscripts preserved in the museum is a unique copy of the second part of Rawdat al-Safa manuscript, dated 1015 AH / 1607 AD. This paper will discuss the arts of the book through a copy of the second chapter of the manuscript ‘Rawdat al-safa’, in terms of calligraphy, gilding, and binding. The manuscript also contains 20 images of some events of the Sira (the life of Prophet Muhammad). These Illustrations were characterized by diversity in their subjects. This paper will be divided into:
Introduction: The history of the manuscript and a translation of its author.
The first topic: A descriptive study of Rawdat Al-Safa manuscript arts.
The second topic: A descriptive and analytical study of the illustrations of the second part of the Rawdat al-Safa manuscript, which is the subject of the study.
The third topic: studying the relationship between the illustrations of the manuscript and the text. The conclusion included the most important results.

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