al-Qurʼān.

Title	al-Qurʼān.
Publication Date:	1700s
Subject	Manuscripts, Arabic.
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Pages Count	192
Physical Dimensions	192 leaves ; 325 x 216 mm, bound to 325 x 225 mm
Library:	University of Duke
Library Asset ID	2d1e6a6d-4c82-48cb-a3c7-20d8cdc33caa
Record ID	emsar01019
Library Location	Hārer (Ethiopia)
Date	1700s
Notes	Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Physical description: 17 lines per page, written in Sūdānī script on heavy glazed, laid Arabic paper. Introduction: 30 lines per page, written in red naskh with section headings in black. Qurʼān text fully vocalized; recitation and orthography marks in black, red and green. Catchwords. Sūrah introductions in red. Verse markers consist of three red dots; text framed in red and black. Aḥzāb noted in red in margins. First two pages of Qurʼān text (leaves 6b-7a) framed in red and green bands, with simple white scroll work in central red band. Text framed in black and double red lines. Extensive marginal notes on recitation and faḍāʼil written in zigzag form in red and black; a few notes are written horizontally in purple ink by a different hand. Leaves 1a-3a, 5b, 189b-191a, 192a-b blank; notes on leaves 6a, 191b. Extensive damp staining, particularly in margins, causing some of the notes to be smudged and partially illegible. A complete copy of the Qurʼān from Harar, featuring a fine example of Harari binding. Text is preceded by an introduction by the copyist (leaves 3b-5a) explaining the rules of orthography according to which he has made this copy, which are based on those outlined in al-Qāsim ibn Fīrruh al-Shāṭibī's Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī. Text is followed by a summary of the number of verses, words and letters in the Qurʼān (leaf 187b) and two prayers (leaves 188a-189a). Contemporary Islamic binding with flap. Stiffened brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces; blind-tooled fillets. Paper doublures.
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al-Qurʼān.

Publication Date 1700s

Subject Manuscripts, Arabic.

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Pages Count 192

Physical Dimensions 192 leaves ; 325 x 216 mm, bound to 325 x 225 mm

Library University of Duke

Library Asset ID 2d1e6a6d-4c82-48cb-a3c7-20d8cdc33caa

Record ID emsar01019

Library Location Hārer (Ethiopia)

Date 1700s

Notes Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. Physical description: 17 lines per page, written in Sūdānī script on heavy glazed, laid Arabic paper. Introduction: 30 lines per page, written in red naskh with section headings in black. Qurʼān text fully vocalized; recitation and orthography marks in black, red and green. Catchwords. Sūrah introductions in red. Verse markers consist of three red dots; text framed in red and black. Aḥzāb noted in red in margins. First two pages of Qurʼān text (leaves 6b-7a) framed in red and green bands, with simple white scroll work in central red band. Text framed in black and double red lines. Extensive marginal notes on recitation and faḍāʼil written in zigzag form in red and black; a few notes are written horizontally in purple ink by a different hand. Leaves 1a-3a, 5b, 189b-191a, 192a-b blank; notes on leaves 6a, 191b. Extensive damp staining, particularly in margins, causing some of the notes to be smudged and partially illegible. A complete copy of the Qurʼān from Harar, featuring a fine example of Harari binding. Text is preceded by an introduction by the copyist (leaves 3b-5a) explaining the rules of orthography according to which he has made this copy, which are based on those outlined in al-Qāsim ibn Fīrruh al-Shāṭibī's Ḥirz al-amānī wa-wajh al-tahānī. Text is followed by a summary of the number of verses, words and letters in the Qurʼān (leaf 187b) and two prayers (leaves 188a-189a). Contemporary Islamic binding with flap. Stiffened brown leather with blind-stamped central mandorla, pendants and cornerpieces; blind-tooled fillets. Paper doublures.

Katalog Kaydı https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE003962349

Kalıcı Bağlantı https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4ng4jr4q

Haklar https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0