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[القرآن].
[al-Qurʼān].
Uniform title
Qurʼan.
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[12--? -13--?]
Description
1 online resource (10 leaves) : paper, illuminations
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
Excerpt from the Qurʼān including the end of Āl-ʻImrān verse 85 through al-Nisāʼ verse 12 (3:85-4:12).
Notes
Decoration: Every tenth verse marked with a large rosette with a yellow center; yellow spiral shaped marginal medallions; sūrah heading in yellow; rubrications in red, including readings.
Each leaf has been placed between sheets of loosely woven tissue through which the writing remains clearly visible.
Layout: 17 long lines.
Manuscript codex.
Note describing the manuscript, called No. 2, laid inches.
Origin: Item is undated; possibly copied in the 13th or 14th century.
Script: Written in early Abbasid new style; pointed, vocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 330 - FOLIO.
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
Bound in a plain brown modern cardboard binding with plain brown pastedowns; dark brown textile spine.
Language note
Arabic.
Source acquisition
Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.
Other format(s)
Also available as a digital facsimile.
OCLC
1097882183
Statement on language in description
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