Author
Smith, David Eugene 1860-1944 [former owner]
Publication Date
1700
Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic New York (State) New York., Manuscrits arabes New York (État) New York., Manuscripts, Arabic., New York (State) New York.
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
4
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (1 + 4 leaves +141 foliated leaves + 1) : Laid paper, illuminations
Library
jisc
Record ID
q_language%3A%20ara_sort_year_rn_5943
Library Location
University of East Anglia Library
Date
1700
Notes
Manuscript codex., Title supplied by cataloger., Foliation: Modern western foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords on versos, lower left., Layout: 4 long lines., Script: Bihari in black ink; pointed and vocalized; often cramped on the left margin or a word is split and continues on the following line., Decoration: Illumination includes a sequence of border frames, mostly unwritten, and incomplete, in red, black, blue, and green (f. 1v-4r), two in-text foliate banners in pale yellow (f. 20r, f. 118r), and a full-page finispiece (f. 139r), lobed roudels in red, yellow, and green often mark verse ends, but sometimes merely decorate the verses (see for example, f. 39r), or appear mid-verse (f. 67r, 69r, for example). Infill of red or yellow dots in some bismallāh headers (f. 79r, 81r, 90r, 128v)., Shelfmark: MS Or 96., Origin: Likely written in India in the 18th or 19th century., Arabic., Item cataloged from digital facsimile and existing description.
Sample Text
1. f. iiv-1v: Decorative frames -- 2. f. 2r-77v: al-Kahf (18) -- 3. f. 78r-78v: Duʻāʼ (short prayer) -- 4. f. 79r-80v: al-Fātiḥ̣ah -- 5. f. 81r-83v: Āyat al-Kursī (2:255) (The Throne Verse) -- 6. f. 83v-86v: Selections from Āl-ʻImrān (3:18-half of 19; 26-27) -- 7. f. 87r-89v: Duʻāʼ (short prayer) -- 8. f. 90r-123v: Yā Sīn (36) -- 9. f. 123r-124r: Selection from al-Ṣāffāt (37:180-182) -- 10. f. 124r-124v: Selection from al-Zumar (39:53) -- 11. f. 124v-125r: Selection from al-Jāthiyah (45:36-37) -- 12. f. 125v-127r: al-Ikhlāṣ (112), al-Falaq (113), al-Nās (114) -- 13. f. 128v-137r: al-Nabāʼ (78) -- 14. f. 138r-139v: Prayer -- 15. f. 139v-141r: Prayer -- 16. f. 141v: Unstudied letterform-writing practice.
Tür
Blind tooled (decoration), codices (bound manuscripts), compilation manuscripts., Compound endbands., Endleaves., Envelope flaps (features), Full covers., Illuminations (painting), Illustrated, Islamic bindings (Binding), Linings., manuscripts (documents), Onlays (decoration), Prayers., Secondary sewing (endband techniques), text
