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. 190Lq [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Mulberry fiber papers [Browse]
• Blind tooled bindings [Browse]
• Headbands [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• illuminated manuscripts [Browse]

Summary note

Qurʼan written on mulberry-bark paper.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Prayers and inscriptions in Arabic and Indonesian (in Pegon script) at beginning and end of text (fol. ia-1a, 325b-326b, lower pastedown).
• Collation: Mulberry fiber paper ; fol. ii + 326 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
• Layout: 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled in black.
• Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; MS in good condition.
• Decoration: Opening and closing spreads have a wide border of red and black with curlicues, text, floral designs, and geometric patterns (fol. 1b-2a and 324b-325a). Some divisions marked with marginal decorations in black.
• Origin: Probably from the early XVIIth century.

Binding note

Later? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and cornerpieces. Blind-tooled decorative edging. Multi-colored endbands. Flap edge is present; flap is missing.

Provenance

Acquired by C. G. van Hoogenhouck Tulleken (1802-1859) during an expedition to Bali in 1846 (label inside the upper cover). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.

Source acquisition

Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.

References

Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1181.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

Indonesia

OCLC

1458835633

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