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[القرآن]
[al-Qurʼān].
Uniform title
Qurʼan.
قرآن.
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[Turkey?], 1849 or 1850.
Description
1 online resource (ii, 302, i foliated leaves) : paper, illuminations
Details
Subject(s)
Qurʼan
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Manuscripts, Arabic
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Scribe
Sayyid Muṣṭafá, active 1849
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سيد مصطفى، active 1849،
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Associated name
ʻAlāʼī, Ḥasan al-Ḥusaynī, active 18th century-19th century
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علائي، حسن الحسيني، active 18th century-19th century
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Related name
Arabic Manuscripts Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary)
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Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
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Summary note
A late Ottoman copy of the Qurʼān; the first folio is missing, text begins at 2:17 (f. 1r). Includes a brief closing prayer (f. 302r).
Notes
Decoration: Textblock border-ruled in gold and red; gold roundels with four dots mark verse endings; floral marginal medallions mark text divisions; surah headings in white ink on a gold background; readings in red; illuminated colophon in polylobed medallion with polychrome flowers (f. 302v).
Layout: Written in 15 long lines.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: Copy completed by al-Sayyid Muṣṭafā, a student of al-Sayyid Ḥasan al-Ḥusaynī al-ʻAlāʼī in 1266 A.H. (f. 302v).
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Shelfmark: UTS MS Arab. 5.
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.
Binding note
Bound in red leather with flap (Type II), gold tooled central diapered field and border register; bright green paper doublure, front doublure partially removed.
Language note
Arabic.
Other format(s)
Also available as a digital facsimile.
OCLC
1196047469
Statement on language in description
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