Publication Place
[17--?-18--?] -
Subject
Qurʼan, Qurʼan /Manuscripts., Manuscripts, Arabic., Lacquered bindings (Binding), Early works., Illuminations (painting), Qurʼans., Manuscripts (documents), Codices (bound manuscripts), Early works to 1800.
Type
kitap
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
i, 546, iii foliated leaves : paper, illuminations ; 93 x 60 (51 x 28) mm, bound to 96 x 60 x 36 mm
Library
HathiTrust Digital Library
Record ID
102811705
Notes
Customs stamp solar dated 1312/1934 (f. 1r, 537v). Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I142. Shelfmark: MS Or 214. Origin: Item is undated; likely copied in the 18th century or 19th century. Decoration: Inset leaves so textblock is a lighter color; dual page illuminated first opening with the first sūrah written on a scalloped medallion lined in black with white flowers between each line, surrounding the medallion are flowers and vines in pink, purple, red, and green with an outside marginal illumination of a scalloped design chiefly in gold and blue with red, blue and purple flowers; sūrah headings are in a blue-lined rectangle, written in white ink lined in black on a gold background with polychrome vine and leaf designs; text divisions are marked by marginal medallions in gold and blue; verse endings marked by gold roundels; textblock border-ruled in gold and blue and page-opening frame-ruled in double black; readings in red. Script: Written chiefly in naskh in black ink with sūrah titles in thuluth; pointed and vocalized. Layout: 11 lines per page; catchwords every verso, lower left. Title supplied by cataloger. Manuscript codex.. Small, complete copy of the Qurʼān in a color-contrast inset paper technique.
İlgili İsimler
Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
