Details

Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—Manuscripts [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—16th century [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic—17th century [Browse]

Contained in

Minasyan's manuscripts collection, AM 13658.

Restrictions note

Excellent condition.

Summary note

Several illuminated qur'anic leaves.

Notes

• Paper.
• Ms. codex.
• Title provided by the cataloger.
• 2 leaves with surat al-Aʻrāf, al-Anfāl and al-Tawbah: 1a - (156-164/7), 1b - (163-174/7), 2a - (72-75/8; 1-6/9), 2b - (6-18/9); 19 lines in misṭarah.
• Written in fine naskh of medium size in black inks; text surrounded by multiple frames in black and golden inks; vocalizations in black ink; rubrics in golden ink; surah titles written in thulth script in golden ink; illuminated with golden ink juzʼ marginal markers and surah titles in the top corner of each leaf.
• "Some of the manuscripts of this group were not found with the other pieces when they were boxed in December, 1954. The group as it now stands had been together since at least 1949. The missing pieces have presumably been placed in with other mss. They will be pulled out and put with AM 13658 as found. A.C. 1-3-55" -note by a former curator on a paper card inside the box.
• Incipit: وَاكْتُبْ لَنَا فِي هَٰذِهِ الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ إِنَّا هُدْنَا إِلَيْكَ...
• Explicit: ...وَلَمْ يَخْشَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ فَعَسَىٰ أُولَٰئِكَ أَن يَكُونُوا مِنَ الْمُهْتَدِينَ

Language note

In Arabic.

Provenance

Previously owned by Krikor Minassian (1874-1944).

Other title(s)

• Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Aʻrāf
• Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Anfāl
• Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Tawbah

In

Minassian's manuscripts collection, AM 13658

OCLC

1125344951

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