Saint Louis University, VFL MS 037

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10051

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 037

Title:

Commentary on the Koran (Arabic), 1276

Author:

Abdel Gawad, Mohammed

Mohammed Abdel Gawad WIKIDATA

Place:

Egypt

Egypt TGN

Date:

1859

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 single leaf : paper ; 227 x 160 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Slotkin, Stanley S

Stanley Slotkin WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title from printed portfolio, based on information from the original manuscript's title page, translated by "Miss Afafa Ibrahim, University of California at Los Angeles."
A sister leaf from same manuscript and provenance can be viewed in the Magnes Collections Online of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
Layout: Written in 21 long lines. Diagonal catchword in lower left margin on the verso.
Script: Naskhī in black and red inks.
Watermark: Crescent moon inside an escutcheon (similar to Nikolaev #1092).
Origin: Written in Egypt in 1859 (Hejira 1276); attribution made in consultation with Robert and Carole Hillenbrand.
Formerly owned by Stanley S. Slotkin (1905-1997), Chairman of the Board of Abbey Rents; acquired by Pius XII Library in 2001.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 037.

Keyword:

Arabic scripts

calligraphy (visual works)

manuscripts (documents)

detached leaves

Manuscripts, Arabic

Manuscripts

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3600221

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS037_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University