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Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic Empire—15th century [Browse]

Notes

• Fols. 33; 34 x 25.5 cm.; written surface 23 x 16 cm.; 6 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper; in naskhi and thuluth; with full vowel signs; with catchwords; with illuminations.
• A fragment of the Koran containing Sūrahs XXIII, XXIV:1-54 (in part), 62 (in part) - XXV:22.
• Illuminated medallions in gold and color in the margins to mark divisions. Verses separated with gold asterisks. Kūfi title page illuminated in gold and color. MS in fair condition; European leather binding; gilt stamped. MS probably from XVth century.
• Acquired from London, A.D. 1905.

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