Saint Louis University, VFL MS 041

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10055

Shelfmark:

VFL MS 041

Title:

Qur'an, single leaf

Place:

Nigeria?

Nigeria TGN

Date:

ca. 18--

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 single leaf : paper ; 209 x 165 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Society of Foliophiles

Foliophiles WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Title from printed portfolio, based on information from the original manuscript.
Layout: Written in 11 long lines.
Script: Maghribī in black ink with rubrics in red and yellow highlights; script identified by Robert Hillenbrand.
Decoration: On the recto, a full-length marginal cartouch in red ink highlighted with yellow.
Origin: Written probably in Nigeria in the 19th century; attribution made in consultation with Robert and Carole Hillenbrand.
Society of Foliophiles, NY: Specimens of Oriental Mss. and Printing, 1928, No. 23.
Shelfmark: St. Louis, Saint Louis University, Pius XII Memorial Library, Special Collections, VFL MS 041.

Keyword:

calligraphy (visual works)

detached leaves

Persian scripts

manuscripts (documents)

Qurʼan

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://libcat.slu.edu/record=b3600225

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/3/images_VFLMS041_44/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Saint Louis University