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[Devotional book].
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[Turkey?], [17--?]
Description
1 online resource (i, 40 leaves) : Laid paper, illuminations
Details
Subject(s)
Islam
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Prayers and devotions
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Early works to 1800
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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
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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