Seven leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.733).

Title	Seven leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.733).
Publication Date:	10th century.
Publication Place	10th century. -
Subject	Quran Manuscripts
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	7 leaves (14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 118 x 185 mm
Library:	The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID	MS M.733
Record ID	77373
Library Location	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date	10th century.
Notes	Ms. Qurʼan fragment; written and decorated in the 10th century. Texts: sura 14, Ibrāhim (Abraham), verse 41, to sura 15, al-Ḥijr (Hijr), verse 54 (fol. 1-2v); verse 99 to sura 16, al-Naḥl (the Bee), verse 93, fol. 3-7v. Decoration: written in brownish ink; red dots for voweling and some diacriticals in the form of brown dots; after every tenth verse is a red circle; the first line of each sura is in red.
Cilt	Former binding: green morocco by Zaehnsdorf; binding has been preserved.
Edinim bilgisi	Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1915.
Provenans	Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Professor R. Meyer Riefstahl (1880-1936) in 1915.
Yazı türü	cursive

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Seven leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.733).

Publication Date 10th century.

Publication Place 10th century. -

Subject Quran Manuscripts

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 7 leaves (14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 118 x 185 mm

Library The Morgan Library & Museum

Library Asset ID MS M.733

Record ID 77373

Library Location Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Date 10th century.

Notes Ms. Qurʼan fragment; written and decorated in the 10th century. Texts: sura 14, Ibrāhim (Abraham), verse 41, to sura 15, al-Ḥijr (Hijr), verse 54 (fol. 1-2v); verse 99 to sura 16, al-Naḥl (the Bee), verse 93, fol. 3-7v. Decoration: written in brownish ink; red dots for voweling and some diacriticals in the form of brown dots; after every tenth verse is a red circle; the first line of each sura is in red.

Cilt Former binding: green morocco by Zaehnsdorf; binding has been preserved.

Edinim bilgisi Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1915.

Provenans Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Professor R. Meyer Riefstahl (1880-1936) in 1915.

Yazı türü cursive