Details

Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—Manuscripts [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

Leaf containing a portion of Sūrat al-Rūm, beginning with half of the last word of verse 33 and continuing through the first half of verse 47(30:33-47 [incomplete]).

Notes

• Decoration: Verse marker gold circle with central black dot, surrounded by small red dots and five larger darker gold dots.
• Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I152.
• Layout: 16 long lines.
• Manuscript codex.
• Script: Early Abbasid (Kufic).
• Shelfmark: MS Or 341.
• 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.

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.

OCLC

1100803086

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