Thirteen leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.837).

Title	Thirteen leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.837).
Publication Date:	9th century
Publication Place	9th or 10th century -
Subject	Quran Manuscripts
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	13 leaves (9 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 122 x 185 mm
Library:	The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID	MS M.837
Record ID	77376
Library Location	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date	9th or 10th century
Notes	Ms. thirteen leaves from a Qurʼan; copied and decorated in the 9th-10th century. Texts: sura 3, al-ʻImrān (the family of ʻImrān), verses 1-7 (fol. 1), 13-20 (fol. 2-3), 36-38 (fol. 4), 49-53 (fol. 5), 62-66 (fol. 6), 127-142 (fol. 7-9), 152-154 (fol. 10), 195-199 (fol. 11); sura 4, al-Nisāʼ (Women), verses 41-43 (fol. 12), 54-57 (fol. 13). Decoration: written in brownish ink with red and a few green dots indicating vocalization; a small gold rosette follows each verse; the letter hāʼ marks the end of every fifth verse, and following every tenth verse is a larger gold disk, with the cumulative verse total inscribed in its center; ornaments divide lorger divisions of the text.
Cilt	The modern binding is tan and unlined, with blind-tooled fillets and without flaps or doublures.
Edinim bilgisi	Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Provenans	Belle da Costa Greene.
Yazı türü	Kufic

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Thirteen leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.837).

Publication Date 9th century

Publication Place 9th or 10th century -

Subject Quran Manuscripts

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 13 leaves (9 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 122 x 185 mm

Library The Morgan Library & Museum

Library Asset ID MS M.837

Record ID 77376

Library Location Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Date 9th or 10th century

Notes Ms. thirteen leaves from a Qurʼan; copied and decorated in the 9th-10th century. Texts: sura 3, al-ʻImrān (the family of ʻImrān), verses 1-7 (fol. 1), 13-20 (fol. 2-3), 36-38 (fol. 4), 49-53 (fol. 5), 62-66 (fol. 6), 127-142 (fol. 7-9), 152-154 (fol. 10), 195-199 (fol. 11); sura 4, al-Nisāʼ (Women), verses 41-43 (fol. 12), 54-57 (fol. 13). Decoration: written in brownish ink with red and a few green dots indicating vocalization; a small gold rosette follows each verse; the letter hāʼ marks the end of every fifth verse, and following every tenth verse is a larger gold disk, with the cumulative verse total inscribed in its center; ornaments divide lorger divisions of the text.

Cilt The modern binding is tan and unlined, with blind-tooled fillets and without flaps or doublures.

Edinim bilgisi Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.

Provenans Belle da Costa Greene.

Yazı türü Kufic