[al-Qurʼān]
[القرآن]
- Description
- Small, complete copy of the Qur'ān in very good condition.
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- illuminations (paintings)
- Qur'ans
- Date
- 1700
- Language
- Arabic
- Extent
- 224 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 113 x 70 (85 x 41) mm bound to 116 x 75 mm.
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Arabic.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Foliation: Western numeral foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; catchwords on verso, lower left.
- Layout: 20 long lines, border-ruled.
- Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. A few marginal notes in nastaʻliq in black ink.
- Decoration: Polychrome decoration in vivid red, blue, and gold. Dual-page illumination with knotwork design text border and page frame on first opening (f. 1v-2r). Sūrah titles in red on gold background with red and blue accents; gold diamonds with red crosses mark verse endings; polychrome medallions in the margins mark text divisions (juzʼ). The entire text is written in the suggestion of cloudbands, gold between each line. Textblock has double border-rules in gold and black; page opening is framed in black.
- Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard (Type III). Outside covers have gilt stamped frame, mostly effaced. Doublure in thin, reddish leather. Endbands in purple and white thread with a chevron pattern.
- Origin: Item is not dated, but an inscription has the date 22 Ramadan [1]135 (June 26, 1723) (f. 68r).
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1907.html
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3n29pd33
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1907
- Provenance
- Gift of Gordon A. Block, Jr. (bookplate inside upper cover), 1966.
- Block, Gordon A., Jr., 1914-1973, former owner.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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