Details

Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—Manuscripts [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—18th century [Browse]

Restrictions note

Fair condition. Binding is missing, manuscript is incomplete; quires' sewing is loose; water damage; some large parts of the text are washed out.

Summary note

Several detached folios with random sūrahs of the Qur'an.

Notes

• Yellow European paper with watermarks.
• Ms. codex.
• Title provided by the cataloger.
• Collation: 6-7 misplaced folios in each quires, 15 lines.
• Written in fine small naskh in black ink; sūrah headings in white on gold bands; vocalizations in black and red inks; separators in golden ink; several frames surrounding the text in red, black, and golden inks.
• Incipit: وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ...
• Explicit: قَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ وَمَغْفِرَةٌ خَيْرٌ مِّن صَدَقَةٍ

Language note

In Arabic.

OCLC

1125342732

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