Details

Subject(s)

• Qurʼan—Manuscripts [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Arabic [Browse]

Related name

• Arabic Manuscripts Collection (Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary) [Browse]
• Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) [Browse]

Summary note

Complete copy of the Qurʼān, the first leaf is likely a later replacement; several owners notes.

Notes

• Decoration: Gilt frame with scrollwork lined in black (f. 2r), finispieces in gold and red with braid frame (f. 109v-110r); gold marginal medallions with red, black, or blue centers mark text divisions, sūrah titles in gold lined in black; vocalizations and readings in red and green.
• Juz' divisions were added at a later date. Owner's notes and inscriptions dated 1223, 1231, 1250, 1252, and 1260, as well as an undated seal.
• Layout: 32-35 lines per page.
• Manuscript codex.
• Origin: Item is not dated, perhaps copied in the 14th or 15th century?
• Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
• Shelfmark: UTS Ms. Arab. 1.
• 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-brown leather over pasteboard with flap; blind-stamped central mandorla with four blind-tooled lines extending in the cardinal directions and a blind-tooled frame; coordinating stamp on the flap; yellow paper doublure.

Language note

Arabic.

Other format(s)

Also available as a digital facsimile.

OCLC

1121086509

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