Vassar College, Arabic ms. 3
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- DS ID:
- DS26349
- Shelfmark:
- Arabic ms. 3
- Title:
- Qurʼan
- Place:
- Iran
- Date:
- between 1600 and 1799
- Language:
- Arabic
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 368 leaves : paper ; 335 x 235 (205 x 121) mm. bound to 335 x 245 mm
- Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Paper, fol. i + 368 + i.
Layout: Written in 1 column of 12 lines.
Script: Written in Naskh, vocalized; romanization supplied by cataloger.
Decoration: Illuminated shamsah (centerpiece) with a verse: Qur'an 36:18 (fol. 1r); illuminated frontispiece and shamsah with Sūrah Fatihah, verses 1- 4 (fol. 1v) and 5-7 (fol. 2r); illuminated headpiece and title strip; cloudband in the opening pages; illuminated and embellished circular decorations in the margins; full-page illumination in format of a carpet page including Duā-i Khatm...
Origin: Written in Iran in the 17th or 18th century.
Former shelfmark: Folio 297 K84.
Unidentified erased text (fol. 1r); annotations in contemproary hand (fol. 2v, 3r, 4r); endowment inscription, "Endowed for Almighty to the Turkish Riwaq [in Azhar Mosque in Egypt]" (fol. 346v) - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://vassar.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01VAC_INST/al3g85/alma991019272113207396
- Holding Institution:
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