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الجزء العشرون.
al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn.
Uniform title
Qurʼan.
Selections
قرآن.
Selections.
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[between 1750 and 1850?]
Description
1 online resource (26 leaves) : paper
Details
Subject(s)
Qurʼan
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Manuscripts, Arabic
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Former owner
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944
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Related name
Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
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Summary note
Complete section, containing the first word of 27:56 to the final word of 29:45.
Notes
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold and blue with green rules and title in white ink (f. 2v). Textblock is border-ruled. Sūrah titles and marginal text division notations in gold. Gold roundels mark verse endings. Readings in red.
Layout: 8 lines per page.
Manuscript codex.
One volume of a Qurʼān in 30 parts, of which RBML holds five volumes under separate shelfmarks; see also MS Or. 239, 241, 242, and 243.
Origin: Item is undated, likely copied in the mid-18th to mid-19th century.
Script: Written in neat naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Sūrah titles in thuluth.
Shelfmark: MS Or 240.
Title from caption title.
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
Brown-black leather with flap; blind-stamped central mandorla with traces of a gold ruled border and frame.
Language note
Arabic.
Source acquisition
Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.
Other format(s)
Also available as a digital facsimile.
OCLC
1081299029
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