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Subject(s)

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

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Islamic countries—18th century [Browse]

Notes

• Fols. 56; 34.7 x 22.5 cm.; written surface 18 x 10 cm.; 8 lines to page; on glazed Arabic paper mounted on borders of European paper; in elegant Fārisi; with full vowel signs; with catchwords; with illuminations.
• A fragment of the Koran containing Sūrahs I, II, III:1-19 (in part) and XVIII:4 (in part) - 30 (in part).
• Ruled marginal lines in gold and color; writing surface illuminated in gold and color in margins to mark divisions; verses separated with stars within circles in gold and color. MS in good condition; Arabic leather binding; colored stamped. MS probably from XVIIIth century.

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