[al-Qurʼān

Title	[al-Qurʼān
Publication Date:	1400
Subject	Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type	kitap
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	1 leaf paper ; 411 x 311 mm
Library:	University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID	1194679943
Record ID	990106993430106381
Library Location	UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date	15th century (exact date unknown)
Notes	Ms. fragment., Title supplied by cataloguer., Collation: Single leaf., Layout: Written in 12 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Muḥaqqaq ; carefully executed and fully vowelled., Decoration: Instances of the divine Names (here الله , غفور , رحيم) chrysographed ; marginal annotations rubricated ; written area surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets ; illuminated textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes with red accents mark the ends of verses ; marginal illumination in the form of a roundel carrying the word ثمن (thumn) in gold on a blue ground with red, gold and blue accents, marks the close of one eighth (thumn) of a ḥizb or sixtieth of the text (here the 6th thumn of the 26th ḥizb)., Support: non-European (likely Egyptian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines seemingly grouped in threes (or twos and threes) with roughly 12-15 mm. between the chains and 35 mm. between the groups (horizontal)., Former shelfmark: "138" inscribed in pencil on recto ; "75001" inscribed in pencil on verso., Origin: Undated though hand, decoration, paper, etc. suggest 15th century Egyptian production., Rubricated marginal annotations contrast the reading of Abū ʻAmr b. al-ʻAlāʼ (d.154/771) as transmitted by Abū ʻUmar Ḥafṣ b. ʻUmar al-Dūrī (ca. 246/860-1) with that of Nāfiʻ b. ʻAbd al-Raḥman (d. ca. 169/785-6) as transmitted by Abū Mūsā ʻĪsā b. Mīnā Qālūn (d. ca. 220/835)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1047
Sample Text	Fragment from a Mamlūk Qur’ān, carrying Sūrat Ibrāhīm (14) verses 22 through 36 (14:22-36).
Son Dizinleme Tarihi	20251210
Biçim	Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Elde Ediliş	Gift of Richard Ettinghausen (Associate Professor of History of Islamic Art at the University of Michigan from 1938-1944) to the Research Seminar in Islamic Art, 1940 ; transferred to the Rare Book Room from the Kelsey Museum.

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[al-Qurʼān

Publication Date 1400

Subject Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor

Type kitap

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 1 leaf paper ; 411 x 311 mm

Library University of Michigan Library

Library Asset ID 1194679943

Record ID 990106993430106381

Library Location UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library

Date 15th century (exact date unknown)

Notes Ms. fragment., Title supplied by cataloguer., Collation: Single leaf., Layout: Written in 12 lines per page ; frame-ruled., Script: Muḥaqqaq ; carefully executed and fully vowelled., Decoration: Instances of the divine Names (here الله , غفور , رحيم) chrysographed ; marginal annotations rubricated ; written area surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets ; illuminated textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes with red accents mark the ends of verses ; marginal illumination in the form of a roundel carrying the word ثمن (thumn) in gold on a blue ground with red, gold and blue accents, marks the close of one eighth (thumn) of a ḥizb or sixtieth of the text (here the 6th thumn of the 26th ḥizb)., Support: non-European (likely Egyptian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines seemingly grouped in threes (or twos and threes) with roughly 12-15 mm. between the chains and 35 mm. between the groups (horizontal)., Former shelfmark: "138" inscribed in pencil on recto ; "75001" inscribed in pencil on verso., Origin: Undated though hand, decoration, paper, etc. suggest 15th century Egyptian production., Rubricated marginal annotations contrast the reading of Abū ʻAmr b. al-ʻAlāʼ (d.154/771) as transmitted by Abū ʻUmar Ḥafṣ b. ʻUmar al-Dūrī (ca. 246/860-1) with that of Nāfiʻ b. ʻAbd al-Raḥman (d. ca. 169/785-6) as transmitted by Abū Mūsā ʻĪsā b. Mīnā Qālūn (d. ca. 220/835)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 1047

Sample Text Fragment from a Mamlūk Qur’ān, carrying Sūrat Ibrāhīm (14) verses 22 through 36 (14:22-36).

Son Dizinleme Tarihi 20251210

Biçim Book, Manuscript, Available Online

Elde Ediliş Gift of Richard Ettinghausen (Associate Professor of History of Islamic Art at the University of Michigan from 1938-1944) to the Research Seminar in Islamic Art, 1940 ; transferred to the Rare Book Room from the Kelsey Museum.