Details

Subject(s)

• Qurʼan [Browse]
• Arabic prose literature—11th century [Browse]
• Arabic prose literature—12th century [Browse]

Former owner

• Commercial Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.) [Browse]

Contains

• Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122. Maqāmāt. Selections. [Browse]
• حريري،, 1054-1122. مقامات. Selections. [Browse]

Summary note

Loose leaf copy of a small portion of the Qurʼān, 9 leaves, verses 87-185 of al-Baqarah (2:87-185) along with 4 leaves containing portions of the first Maqāmāh of al-Ḥarīrī.

Notes

• Binding: Unbound; loose leaves.
• Decoration: Rubrications in red; on the leaves of the Qurʼān, marginal medallions made of sets of parallel red lines show text divisions; readings and vocalizations in red.
• Dimensions of original manuscript: 260 x 200 (200 x 160) mm.
• Foliation: Leaves are unfoliated and loose; catchwords every verso, lower left.
• Layout: Written in 11-12 long lines.
• Origin: Item is undated, probably produced in the 19th century; machine-made paper.
• Script: Written in a maghribī influenced West African naskh in black ink; pointed and partially vocalized.
• Title supplied by cataloger.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2019.

Original version

Original: [Leaves from the Qurʼān and the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī] (2003-72-254B), University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Location of originals

• Original Columbia, Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• OPenn University of Pennsylvania Libraries.

Location of other archival materials

2003-82-443 ([Loose leaf from the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī]) also located at; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Language note

Arabic.

Source acquisition

Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003.

Cite as

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 2003-72-254B.

Other title(s)

• Qurʼan. Sūrat al-Baqarah. Selections.
• قرآن. سورة البقرة. Selections.

OCLC

1113869111

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