Details

Summary note

An incomplete Koran comprising Sūrahs I-XVIII.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in early Abbasid script (style D.IV--see Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 41) in gold on parchment. Ruled marginal lines with decorations in gold and color. The first four folios are elaborately illuminated. The diacritical marks and vowel signs are probably a later addition. Ms. in good condition
• Origin: According to Déroche (no. 41), from the 9th century.

Binding note

Arabic leather binding; gilt stamped.

Language note

Arabic.

Provenance

Gift of Robert Garrett (Class of 1897) in January 1942; subsequently sold by the Trustees to John Work Garrett in February 1942, who later gifted the ms. to Johns Hopkins University.

References

• Hitti, P. K. et al. Descriptive catalog, 1156
• Déroche, F. The Abbasid tradition, no. 41

OCLC

1340423862

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