Publication Date
1741.
Publication Place
[Iran?] -
Subject
Qurʼan., Manuscripts, Persian., Manuscripts, Arabic., Early works., Early works to 1800., Manuscripts (documents), Stamps (Provenance), Painted (decoration), Lacquered bindings (Binding), Illuminations (painting), Codices (bound manuscripts), Qurʼans.
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
iv, 392, iii leaves : non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 242 x 152 (163 x 93) mm, bound to 248 x 160 mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
102811559
Date
1741.
Notes
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I147. Origin: Copy completed in Ramaḍān 1154 AH by Muḥammad Muḥsin al-Iṣfahānī (f. 392r), probably in Iran. Shelfmark: MS Or 222. Decoration: Double-page polychrome (chiefly blue, pink, red) and gold illuminated opening (f. 1v-2r). Illuminated sūrah headings in red ink on gold cartouche framed in many different polychrome patterns; marginal text division markers in gold pointed medallion shape with a blue finial surrounded by bright, multi-colored flames. Verse endings marked by four petal rosette with a green center, red and blue highlights. Textblock border-ruled in black, gold, blue; page-opening framed in a thin, gold rule. Lines of text are ruled in gold with the first letters of each line, and the central line of the page written in gold. Readings in red. Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized with translation in nastaʻlīq in red ink; pointed. Central line of each page in muḥaqqaq in gold ink; pointed, vocalized. Layout: 22 gold-ruled lines alternating full and half height with Arabic in the full height and Persian in the half-height. Central line of each page in gold display script. Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left; sūrah title in red every recto, upper left. Title from colophon (f. 392r). Manuscript codex. Customs stamp solar dated 1310/1932 (f. 1r, 392v). Owner's stamp in triplicate, possibly dated 1318/1900-01 (f. 392r).. Complete copy of the Qurʼān with interlinear Persian translation.
İlgili İsimler
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Muḥsin, Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)