Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 200

Metadata

DS ID:

DS26190

Shelfmark:

MS Or 200

Title:

al-Qurʼān / القرآن

Qurʼan

Scribe:

ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Tawfīq, active 1848 / عبد الرحمن التوفيق، active 1848،

ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Tawfīq WIKIDATA

Place:

Turkey?

Turkey TGN

Date:

1847-48.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

Non-European laid paper, illuminations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 308, i leaves : Non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 129 x 85 (80 x 47) mm, bound to 130 x 90 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Decoration: Gold, blue, red, and green illuminated double-page first opening (f. 1v-2r) and final opening (f. unnumbered verso-308r); marginal medallions mark text divisions; gold roundels with orange and blue dots mark verse endings; textblock border-ruled in red, black, gold; sūrah headings in white ink on gold background; readings in red.
Includes catchwords. Between following 99-100 is a small printed leaf. Former MS X893.7K84 I133.
Layout: Written in 15 long lines.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: Copy completed in 1264 AH (1847-1848 CE) by al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Raḥmān al-Tawfīq (f. 308r).
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 200.
Title from colophon (f. 306v).
Inscription by Rizeli Şükri bin Hājjī Muṣṭafā dated Ramaḍān 1306 AH (May 1889 CE) (f. 307v).

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

illuminations (paintings)

Annotations

Qur'ans

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qurʼan

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Persian

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14840138

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library