Apocalipsis de Mahoma
Subtitle: Mi'ragnama : cuyo original se custodia en la Bibliothèque nationale de France, con la signatura Supp. Turc. 190
Publisher: Patrimonio ediciones
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Valencia
Language: chg; ara; spa; eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Illustrations; Isrāʼ and Miʻrāj; Early works to 1800; Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts; Persian Illumination of books and manuscripts; Timurid Illumination of books and manuscripts; Islamic Miniature painting; Bibliothèque nationale de France; Miʻrāj nāmah
Other titles: Miʻrāj nāmah; Mi'ragnama; Bibliothèque nationale de France, con la signatura Supp. Turc. 190; Libro de la Ascensión; Miʻrāj nāmah.
Description: Miʻrāj nāmah, or "The Apocalypse of Muhammad" is considered a masterpiece of the Timurid style. Produced in 1436 in Herat (modern-day northern Afghanistan), it illustrates the Prophet Muḥammad's night journey through the celestial sphere, in the company of the Archangel Gabriel, his arrival at the throne of God, and his return to Earth by way of the seven circles of Hell. In medieval Europe the work became known through the Latin translation that Alfonso the Wise commissioned, and may have inspired Dante's Divine Comedy. Created in Timurid Herat, the miniatures illustrating the manuscipt shows the stylistic influence of Buddhist and Chinese art and are characterized by a sense of realism and movement.
Notes: Title from colophon of facsimile.

Issued in a clear lucite box.

Limited edition of 999 numbered examples bound in black leather and engraved in gold.

Title of commentary: El "Libro de la Ascensión" (Mi'ragnama) Timúrida: estudio de textos e imágenes en un contexto panasiático / Christiane J. Gruber.

Includes bibliographical references (commentary, p. 415-432).

Manuscript in Chagatai Turkish (in Uighur script) with lines of Arabic text at the head of each page..

Commentary in Spanish and English.