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[Qurʼān leaves].
Uniform title
Qurʼan.
Selections
قرآن.
Selections.
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[13--?-14--?]
Description
1 online resource (33 foliated 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
Fragment of the Qurʼān including the end of al-Furqān, all of al-Shuʻarāʼ and the beginning of al-Naml (25:63 to 27:58).
Notes
Decoration: Gold florets with red and blue dots mark verse endings. Circular marginal medallions in gold, blue and red mark text partitions. Sūrah titles in gold. A piece of paper with the title for al-Furqān in gold has been added to the bottom of the last leaf (f. 33r).
Layout: 7 long lines with top and bottom line written larger.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: Item is undated, but perhaps copied in the 14th or 15th century.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 327.
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 reddish leather over pasteboard with flap. Front cover blind stamped with central medallion composed of seven small florets with radiant lines; blind stamped frame of sets of parallel lines and repeating geometric design along the outside edge. Back cover is badly water damaged. Flap hinge has been reinforced with black textile.
Language note
Arabic.
Source acquisition
Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.
Other format(s)
Also available as a digital facsimile.
OCLC
1090643556
Statement on language in description
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