Princeton University, South wall 17 Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 31Ge

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DS ID:

DS29632

Shelfmark:

South wall 17 Islamic Manuscripts Garrett no. 31Ge

Title:

al-Qurʾān / القرآن

Qurʼan

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

between 15--? and 16--?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ara

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: ii, 324, ii leaves: paper ; 484 x 328 (303 x 188) mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Physical description: 12 lines per page. Main text written in naskh in black ink, with reading marks in red. The sūrah headings are written in white thulth. Light cream paper ; glossy. Lacuna after fol. 321b.
Chiefly quaternions.
Decoration: Extensive illumination in gold and colors on fol. 1b-2a and 2b-3a, the latter bearing the text of the Fātiḥah. Illuminated headpiece on fol. 3b. The text on fol. 3b-4a is set in clouds over a gold ground with fragmentary arabesque in colors. The same decoration appears on fol. 147b-148a, with the addition of a large illuminated border. Text areas are framed in orange-red, green...
Origin: According to the end of the copy, copied by Shams al-Dīn ʻAbd Allāh (fol. 324a).
Waqf seal on fol. 18b, 21a, 26a, etc., in the name of Shaykh al-Islām Walī al-Dīn Afandī Ibn al-marḥūm Ḥājj Muṣṭafá Āghā Ibn al-marḥūm Ḥājj Ḥusayn Āghā, dated 1175 H. [1761 or 2] (probably identical with Valiuddin Efendi mentioned in Sıcıll-ı ʻos̲mānī, vol. IV, p. 614). Acquired by Robert Garrett from the books of Murād Bey al-Bārūdī (Beirut), 1925.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Sixteenth century

illuminated manuscripts

Iran

New Jersey--Princeton

Waqf

Books

History

Eighteenth century

Sources

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9955181333506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8d340a5a-540f-409d-80aa-d79de1d455fd/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University