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[Devotional book].
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928)
Published/Created
[17--?]
Description
1 online resource (98 leaves) : paper, illuminations
Availability
Available Online
Online Content
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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Manuscripts, Turkish
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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 containing numerous selections from the Qurʼān as well as prayers and talismans.
Notes
Bound in red leather over pasteboard with flap; gilt stamped diaper grid pattern and gold frame; flap gilt stamped with vines; pink paper pastedowns; matching red leather case with tie, stamped in the same grid pattern as the codex on the front and a smaller, simplified diaper grid pattern on the back.
Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, yellow, blue, red and green with the text on cloudbands and a wide gold border rule (f. 1v, 69v); facing page also written on cloudbands with a wide gold border rule (f. 1r, 70r); gold roundels punctuate text; textblock border-ruled in gold; some in-text gold accents (for example f. 5v); gold text dividers; two simple gold finispieces (f. 66v-67r); some rubrications in faded red.
Layout: Chiefly 7 long lines, with some tables and tabular layouts.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: Item is undated; probably produced in the 18th century.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 421.
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.
Language note
Arabic and Ottoman Turkish.
Other format(s)
Also available as a digital facsimile.
Other title(s)
Qurʼan. Selections
قرآن. Selections.
OCLC
1112158872
Statement on language in description
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