Publication Date
1276 [i.e. 1859-1860]
Publication Place
Turkey (Ottoman), 1276 [i.e. 1859-1860] -
Subject
Quran Manuscripts
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
304 folios, bound : cream paper, ill. ; 187 x 118 mm; ruled surface: 115 x 59 mm
Library
The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID
MS M.1196
Record ID
379710
Library Location
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date
1276 [i.e. 1859-1860]
Notes
Decoration: Harry E. Carlson, who died in 1992, was Assistant to Secretary of Commerce, Henry A. Wallace, and a candidate for Governor of New Hampshire in 1948, losing to Sherman Adams. Double-page frontispiece (ff. 1v, 2) with quarter-page illuminated 'unvans in Ottoman floral style in black, red, blue, green, and orange (rubbed). 30 section markers (juz) with various colors and designs. Surah headings in white on gold; gold dots between verse; ever fifth verse indicated by the word for "five" (hamsa) written in the margins.
Cilt
Brown leather, gold painted designs, pink endpapers, doublures, and inside flap.
Edinim bilgisi
Gift of George L. Tutt in memory of his wife, Ann Carlson Tutt, 2015.
Provenans
Purchased by Harry E. Carlson from a Russian émigré in the 1930s; inherited in 1992 by his daughter, Ann Carlson Tutt (1938-2006); inherited by her husband, George L. Tutt. Gift of George L. Tutt in memory of his wife, Ann Carlson Tutt, 2015.
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