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. 594H [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Watermarks (Paper) [Browse]

Summary note

Fragments from the Koran containing: (1) Sūrahs LVIII:2 (in part)-LXVI:10 (in part); (2) LI:30 (in part)-LVII:19 (in part); (3) LXVIII:50-LXXV:32; (4) LXX:29 (in part)-LXXVI:8; (5) XXXVI:11 (in part)-XXXVIII; (6) XXXIX:7 (in part)-66 (in part); (7) XL:1-76; (8) XLI:4 (in part)-54; (9) LV:14 (in part)-35; and (10) XXXIX:1-7 (in part).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Collation: Paper ; fol. 96 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 9-11 lines per page ; frame-ruled in color (pale green?) on the first fifty-four folios
• Description: Vowel signs ; written in different hands and on various kinds of paper ; watermarks (before folio 67: shield with a crown; eagle; after folio 67: "AO" with a crown, three crescents) ; MS in fair condition; folio 13 is defective.
• Decoration: Folio 1a framed in pale green? with border design in red and black.
• Origin: Probably from the XVIIIth century.

Binding note

Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Cover in poor condition.

Provenance

Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1180.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

OCLC

1371508270

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