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[al-Qurʼān] [electronic resource].[al-Qur'ān]
( القرآن)

Title [al-Qurʼān] [electronic resource].[al-Qur'ān]
Title Original القرآن
Author Barzalīʹzādah, Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Chalabī, former owner., Holmes, Jesse H., Jr., active 1973, former owner., Barzalīʹzādah, Muhammad Saleh Chalabī,, former owner.
Author Original برزلىزاده، محمد صالح چلبى،
Publication Date: 1500
Publication Place [Iran?], [between 1500 and 1599?] -
Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens.
Type Book
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (376 unfoliated leaves) : illuminations.
Library: Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID 1111632167
Record ID 9977570026103681
Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date 1500
Notes Titles supplied by cataloger., Foliation: Leaves are unfoliated; catchwords every verso, lower left (some have been trimmed), Layout: Written in 12 long lines., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed and vocalized., Decoration: Dual-page illuminated first opening in gold and blue with the text on contoured bands with tiny, blue vine and leaf fill (f. [1]v-[2]r); several different types of marginal medallions to show text divisions and verse count primarily in gold and blue with red and green additions and with blue finials extending as radiant lines; sūrah titles in white on gold ground with a delicate, black, curving vine and leaf design border-ruled in green and blue or red and blue; gold roundels lined in blue with red centers mark verse endings; textblock is border-ruled in red, green, gold and blue; readings in red., Binding: Bound in black leather over pasteboard covers (detached) with faint, blind-tooled frame of double lines set 20 mm apart., Origin: Item is undated, perhaps copied in the 16th century., Dimensions of original manuscript: 230 x 155 (126 x 70) mm bound to 230 x 154 mm., Laid, non-European paper; no visible chain lines., A scrap of printed fabric and a feather laid in., Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2019. | Arabic. | Formerly owned by Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Chalabī ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb Chalabī Barzalīʹzādah (note f. [377]v). | Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Sample Text Illuminated copy of the Qurʼān; some leaves torn and loose; boards are detached; some of the border-rules have eaten through the paper.
Atıf Şekli University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 73-14-1
Tür Fascimiles., Qurʼans., Illuminations (painting), Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 16th century.
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[al-Qurʼān] [electronic resource].[al-Qur'ān]

( القرآن)
Author Barzalīʹzādah, Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Chalabī, former owner., Holmes, Jesse H., Jr., active 1973, former owner., Barzalīʹzādah, Muhammad Saleh Chalabī,, former owner.
Author Original برزلىزاده، محمد صالح چلبى،
Publication Date 1500
Publication Place [Iran?], [between 1500 and 1599?] -
Subject Illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens.
Type Book
Language Arabic
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions 1 online resource (376 unfoliated leaves) : illuminations.
Library Penn Libraries
Library Asset ID 1111632167
Record ID 9977570026103681
Library Location University of Pennsylvania Libraries
Date 1500
Notes Titles supplied by cataloger., Foliation: Leaves are unfoliated; catchwords every verso, lower left (some have been trimmed), Layout: Written in 12 long lines., Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed and vocalized., Decoration: Dual-page illuminated first opening in gold and blue with the text on contoured bands with tiny, blue vine and leaf fill (f. [1]v-[2]r); several different types of marginal medallions to show text divisions and verse count primarily in gold and blue with red and green additions and with blue finials extending as radiant lines; sūrah titles in white on gold ground with a delicate, black, curving vine and leaf design border-ruled in green and blue or red and blue; gold roundels lined in blue with red centers mark verse endings; textblock is border-ruled in red, green, gold and blue; readings in red., Binding: Bound in black leather over pasteboard covers (detached) with faint, blind-tooled frame of double lines set 20 mm apart., Origin: Item is undated, perhaps copied in the 16th century., Dimensions of original manuscript: 230 x 155 (126 x 70) mm bound to 230 x 154 mm., Laid, non-European paper; no visible chain lines., A scrap of printed fabric and a feather laid in., Electronic reproduction. Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2019. | Arabic. | Formerly owned by Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ Chalabī ibn ʻAbd al-Wahhāb Chalabī Barzalīʹzādah (note f. [377]v). | Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Sample Text Illuminated copy of the Qurʼān; some leaves torn and loose; boards are detached; some of the border-rules have eaten through the paper.
Atıf Şekli University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 73-14-1
Tür Fascimiles., Qurʼans., Illuminations (painting), Manuscripts, Arabic., Manuscripts, 16th century.
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