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[al-Qurʼān].
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/Created
[India?], [not after 1900]
Description
243 leaves : paper ; 302 x 203 (250 x 134) mm bound to 303 x 200 mm.
Details
Subject(s)
Manuscripts, Arabic
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New Jersey
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Princeton
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Donor
Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961
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Related name
Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 191L(a)q.
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Rare books genre
Blind tooled bindings
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Headbands
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Getty AAT genre
illuminated manuscripts
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Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Folios 242-243 are later replacement pages. Prayer (fol. 242b-243a). Label on upper cover: "261 KE".
Collation: Paper ; fol. 243 + i ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 17 lines per page ; frame-ruled in red.
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; watermarks (three crescents; roman-alphabet lettering "UB") ; MS in fair condition; stained and mended.
Decoration: Opening spread framed in a simple geometric design of reddish-orange and black.
Origin: Originates from East India according to Hitti.
Binding note
Later type III (without flap) binding in dark brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants. Multi-colored endbands.
Provenance
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1183.
Other format(s)
Also available in an electronic version.
Place name(s)
India
OCLC
1458835682
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