Details

Subject(s)

• Qurʼan [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic [Browse]

Former owner

• Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 [Browse]

Related name

• Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) [Browse]

Summary note

Complete copy of the Qurʼān, followed by a short prayer.

Notes

• Decoration: Gold and polychrome (blue, green, red, orange) illuminated double-page first opening (f. 1v-2r). Textblock border ruled in red, gold, blue; page-opening frame ruled in black. Decorative motif of gold medallion with blue floriate sprays and finials appear diagonally in the upper outer corner of each page, connecting the two sets of rules. More elaborate versions of the medallion also appear in the margins to mark text divisions. Sū̄rah headings in red on cloudbands. Three red dots mark verse endings. Readings in red.
• Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I118.
• Layout: 18 long lines; border-ruled. Catchwords every verso, lower left.
• Manuscript codex.
• Origin: Item is undated. Likely copied in Iran or Turkey in the 18th or 19th century.
• Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
• Shelfmark: MS Or 248.
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Location of originals

• Original Columbia, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• OPenn University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

Source of description

Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.

Binding note

Lacquer black leather with floral painted central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis in shades of orange and red; frame of double rules. Light pink paper doublure.

Language note

Arabic.

Provenance

Customs stamp solar dated 1312/1934 (f. 1r, 255v). Owner's notes possibly dated 1241 (1825) (f. 1r).

Source acquisition

Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.

Other format(s)

Also available as a digital facsimile.

OCLC

1081299091

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