Qaṣīdat al-Burdah

A calligraphic copy of the well-known poem in honor of the prophet Muhammad, Qaṣīdat al-Burdah (“The mantle”), by Muḥammad ibn Saʿīd al-Būṣīrī (d.1294). The manuscript was penned by the Ottoman calligrapher ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jīnjīzādah in 1093/1682. The body of the text is divided into three rectangular panels inscribed in thuluth script, and two smaller compartments with lines executed in naskh. The thuluth hand has very sharp, barb-like head-serifs.

RBD A8 Rare Books/Special Collections (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)