Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 195L

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS29345

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 195L

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Qurʼan

Place:

Qarah Ḥiṣār, [Turkey

Turkey TGN

Date:

1245 [1829 or 1830

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 306 leaves : paper ; 144 x 86 (99 x 55) mm bound to 150 x 100 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from spine.
Afterword/prayer (fol. 305b-306b).
Collation: Paper ; fol. i + 306 + ii ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled in gold, red and black.
Description: Paper tinted brownish-red ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Opening spread written within wide, elaborate border in blue, pink, red, gold and black (fol. 1b-2a). Verses separated by gold circles with blue and red dots. Sūrah headings written in white on gold background with narrow borders in various colors. Medallions in the form of flowers of gold, blue, pink and red in the margins mark divisions. Colophon written within wide floral frame...
Origin: According to colophon copy completed 1245 in Qarah Ḥiṣār (fol. 304b).
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.

Keyword:

illuminated manuscripts

Gilt edges

Cornerpieces (Furniture)

Gold tooled bindings

Clasps

Headbands

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963576923506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5dc23a6f-9587-4ed9-9930-afe0e4a0d015/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University