Seventeen leaves from a Qurʼan.

Title	Seventeen leaves from a Qurʼan.
Publication Date:	10th century
Publication Place	10th century -
Subject	Quran Manuscripts
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	17 leaves (10 lines) : vellum and paper, ill. ; 222 x 242 mm
Library:	The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID	MS M.839.1-17
Record ID	77377
Library Location	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date	10th century
Notes	Ms. Qurʼan fragment; written and decorated in the 10th century. Text: sura 2, al-Baqara (the Cow), verses 194-247. The text is written on vellum; one flyleaf is on Italian paper watermarked "Al Masso". Folios are unbound and have been trimmed on the outer side margins. Decoration: written in brownish black ink with voweling in red and green dots; small black dots were added later as diacriticals; every fifth verse is marked by a gold hāʼ and every tenth verse is marked by a gold disk; there are several seal imprints, glosses, and notes.
Edinim bilgisi	Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Provenans	Belle da Costa Greene.
Yazı türü	Kufic

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Seventeen leaves from a Qurʼan.

Publication Date 10th century

Publication Place 10th century -

Subject Quran Manuscripts

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 17 leaves (10 lines) : vellum and paper, ill. ; 222 x 242 mm

Library The Morgan Library & Museum

Library Asset ID MS M.839.1-17

Record ID 77377

Library Location Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Date 10th century

Notes Ms. Qurʼan fragment; written and decorated in the 10th century. Text: sura 2, al-Baqara (the Cow), verses 194-247. The text is written on vellum; one flyleaf is on Italian paper watermarked "Al Masso". Folios are unbound and have been trimmed on the outer side margins. Decoration: written in brownish black ink with voweling in red and green dots; small black dots were added later as diacriticals; every fifth verse is marked by a gold hāʼ and every tenth verse is marked by a gold disk; there are several seal imprints, glosses, and notes.

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

Provenans Belle da Costa Greene.

Yazı türü Kufic