Details

Subject(s)

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

Getty AAT genre

• Illuminated manuscripts—Indonesia—18th century [Browse]

Summary note

Copy of the Qurʾān from Indonesia, likely Java, 18th century.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
• Ms. erroneously foliated beginning on third leaf. Record follows erroneous foliation.
• On inside cover, a number of verses selected from the Qurʾān.
• On fol. 2bis(a): "al-ṣalāh ʻimād al-dīn" and "iqraʾ al-Qurʾān bi-al-tartīl" in Arabic script; "shalat itu tiang agama" in Western script.
• Physical description: 15 lines per page; written in naskh in black on daluang paper. Text framed in triple black lines. Sūrah headings in red; āyahs marked by red circles and ajzāʾ marked by marginal red crescents. Occasional smudging and mild insect damage. In excellent condition.
• Decoration: Opening pages (fol. 1b-2a) illuminated with simple floral/foliar designs in gold and color. Closing pages (fol. 245b-246a) illuminated with similar designs.

Binding note

Stiffened maroon leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants, cornerpieces and fillets. Daluang paper doublures.

Language note

Arabic.

Source acquisition

Purchase; Bouwman Oriental Books, 2012/11/15 (2013-39)

OCLC

818770907

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