Details

Subject(s)

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

Former owner

• Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 [Browse]

Donor

• Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 [Browse]

Related name

• Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library) [Browse]

Summary note

Complete text of al-Anʻām followed by a short prayer.

Notes

• Decoration: Polychrome and gold stippled headpiece (f. 1v); texblock border-ruled in gold, black, red; gold roundels mark verse endings; rubrications in red.
• Layout: 10 long lines.
• Manuscript codex.
• Origin: The item is undated; possibly 18th or 19th century.
• Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
• Shelfmark: MS Or 182.
• 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

Brown leather with envelope flap, gold tooled frame and central knot design; silver sprinkled doublure and endleaves.

Language note

Arabic.

Source acquisition

Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.

Other format(s)

Also available as a digital facsimile.

OCLC

1145409934

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