Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
[between 1800 and 1850?] -
Type
Document
Language
Arabic
Digital
No
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
234 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 160 x 110 (120 x 60) mm bound to 162 x 115 mm
Library
Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID
122543237
Record ID
9914691443503681
Library Location
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date
1800
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger., Foliation: Item is unfoliated., Layout: 15 long lines; border-ruled., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized., Decoration: Polychrome (chiefly green and red) dual page illuminated opening, though the left hand page is ripped and missing a portion (f. 1v-2r). Sūrah headers in red, set off by rules; textblock ruled in red; red roundels to mark verse endings; readings in red., Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); blind-stamped and tooled central mandorla with two pendants on the vertical axis, cornerpieces and frame with leaf motif. Flap is also blind-stamped with coordinating stamps. Red endbands. Doublure of marbled paper in red, yellow and green., Origin: Item is undated, but probably copied in the first half of the 19th century. | Arabic.
Sample Text
Incomplete copy of the Qurʼān that includes al-Fātiḥah (1) through al-Bayyinah (98), without al-Qadr (97). For chapters 76:4-98, the text is written in a slightly simpler style with no titles (last 10 leaves). Doodles, pen tests, or scribbling in the margins. A number of leaves are torn or otherwise damaged and missing text.
Atıf Şekli
UPenn Ms. Codex 30.
Tür
Manuscripts, Arabic., Codices (bound manuscripts), Qur'ans., Illuminations (painting)
