Details

Subject(s)

• Islam—Prayers and devotions—Early works to 1800 [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

Devotional book chiefly containing selections from the Qurʼān including sūrat Yā Sīn, al-Fatḥ, al-Mulk, al-Nabāʼ, and al-Takāthur through al-Nās inclusive, these are followed by several individual verses and prayers; the text concludes with al-Fātiḥah and another prayer.

Notes

• Decoration: Headpiece in gold (now greenish), blue and pink; gold roundels mark verse endings; textblock border-ruled in wide gold; readings in red.
• Layout: 7 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left; border-ruled.
• Manuscript codex.
• Origin: Item is undated, perhaps produced in the 18th century.
• Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
• Shelfmark: MS Or 184.
• 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

Red leather with gilt-stamped central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis; gold-tooled frame. Only back board remains.

Language note

Arabic.

Source acquisition

Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.

Other format(s)

Also available as a digital facsimile.

Other title(s)

Qurʼan. Selections

OCLC

1151770109

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