Details

Subject(s)

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

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Related name

Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 50G [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks [Browse]
• Blind tooled bindings [Browse]
• Gold tooled bindings [Browse]
• Leather doublures [Browse]
• Headbands [Browse]
• Donors' bookplates [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• illuminated manuscripts [Browse]
• manuscripts (documents) [Browse]

Summary note

A small Qurʼan written in Maghribī script.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. xi + 404 + viii ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 11-12 lines per page ; a few pages frame-ruled in red, yellow and/or blue.
• Description: Headings in red, yellow, blue or green ; vowel signs in red ; watermarks (roman-alphabet lettering "Al Masso"; coat-of-arms) ; MS in good condition.
• Decoration: Some sūrah titles written in oblongs framed in yellow with red and blue decorations and marginal roundels.
• Origin: According to colophon copy completed 1212 [H] (fol. 403b).
• Colophon: وكان الفراغ منه عشية يوم الاثنين خلت من شهر الله ربيع النبويه سنة اثنا عشر ومايتين والف بحمد الله تعالى وحسن عونه وتوفيقه ...

Binding note

Later type II (with flap) binding in red leather. Blind-stamped mandorla and cornerpieces with gold-tooled edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Brown leather doublures. Multi-colored endbands.

Language note

Arabic;

Script

Maghribī

Provenance

Garrett's bookplate (upper pastedown).

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1177.

OCLC

1558002630

Original language

Colophon: وكان الفراغ منه عشية يوم الاثنين خلت من شهر الله ربيع النبويه سنة اثنا عشر ومايتين والف بحمد الله تعالى وحسن عونه وتوفيقه ...

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