One hundred and eleven leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.657).

Title	One hundred and eleven leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.657).
Publication Date:	10th century.
Publication Place	10th century. -
Subject	Quran Manuscripts
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	111 leaves (7 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 113 x 175 mm
Library:	The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID	MS M.657
Record ID	77370
Library Location	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date	10th century.
Notes	Ms. written and decorated in the 10th century. Texts: sura 29, al-ʻAnkabūt (the Spider), verse 67, to sura 30, al-Rūm (the Greeks), verse 27 (fol. 1v-9v); verse 50 to sura 35, al-Fāṭir (the Creator), verse 45 (fol. 10-111v). Decoration: written in brownish black ink with voweling in red, green, and yellow dots and diacriticals in brown, red, and green; sura titles written in gold outlined in black; every fifth verse is marked by a gold haʼ̄ and every tenth by a six-petal roseette outlined in gold and with a gold center; each rosette is inscribed in the center with the cumulative verse total in brown ink; illuminated ornaments on fol. 49v-50.
Cilt	Bound in red niger morocco by Marguerite Duprez Lahey in 1940.
Edinim bilgisi	Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1922.
Provenans	Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Lionel Cust, London, 1922.
Yazı türü	Kufic

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One hundred and eleven leaves from a Qurʼan (MS M.657).

Publication Date 10th century.

Publication Place 10th century. -

Subject Quran Manuscripts

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 111 leaves (7 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 113 x 175 mm

Library The Morgan Library & Museum

Library Asset ID MS M.657

Record ID 77370

Library Location Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Date 10th century.

Notes Ms. written and decorated in the 10th century. Texts: sura 29, al-ʻAnkabūt (the Spider), verse 67, to sura 30, al-Rūm (the Greeks), verse 27 (fol. 1v-9v); verse 50 to sura 35, al-Fāṭir (the Creator), verse 45 (fol. 10-111v). Decoration: written in brownish black ink with voweling in red, green, and yellow dots and diacriticals in brown, red, and green; sura titles written in gold outlined in black; every fifth verse is marked by a gold haʼ̄ and every tenth by a six-petal roseette outlined in gold and with a gold center; each rosette is inscribed in the center with the cumulative verse total in brown ink; illuminated ornaments on fol. 49v-50.

Cilt Bound in red niger morocco by Marguerite Duprez Lahey in 1940.

Edinim bilgisi Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1922.

Provenans Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Lionel Cust, London, 1922.

Yazı türü Kufic