Princeton University, Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 196L

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DS ID:

DS29347

Shelfmark:

Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 196L

Title:

Qurʼan selections with prayers and talismans

Date:

16th century?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 79 leaves : paper ; 92 x 58 (67 x 30-40) mm bound to 92 x 62 mm.

Note:

Ms. composite codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sūrah XLVIII: 28 (in part) to the end are added by a later hand and part is in margin. Inscription (fol. (i)a). Latin description of the manscript (fol. (ii)a).
Collation: Paper ; fol. ii + 79 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 5-7 lines per page ; fol. 2-31 frame-ruled in gold and black with gold-sprinkling inside the frame.
Description: MS in good condition.
Decoration: Opening spread framed in gold, red, blue and black (fol. 1b-2a). Headpieces of similar design at beginning of each subsequent sūrah.
Origin: Probably from XVIth century.
Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.

Keyword:

headpieces (layout features)

illuminated manuscripts

Manuscripts, Arabic

New Jersey--Princeton

Islam

Prayers and devotions

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9963576933506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/1310676c-b8e4-446b-aabe-fbb713c90119/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University