Wellesley College, MS Arabic 5
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- DS ID:
- DS30540
- Shelfmark:
- MS Arabic 5
- Title:
- Qur'an fragment containing Surah al-'Ankabut, Surah al-Rum, Surah Luqman, Surah As-Sajda, Surah al-Ahzab, Surah Saba, Surah Fatir, Surah Ya-Sin, Surah As-Saffat
- Place:
- Morocco?
- Date:
- ca. 1880
- Language:
- In Arabic
- Material:
- paper
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 33 leaves : paper ; 25 cm x 20 cm
- Note:
- Manuscript.
Muḥaqqaq and naskī script?]; 14 lines in written area 18.5 x 13.5 cm.
Name of scribe not indicated.
Possibly written in Morocco.
Collation: 33 handwritten leaves.
Paper: wove paper from England. Paper has Nethercourt Fine watermark.
Text: The text consists of 33 handwritten leaves arranged in 14 lines per page. Each page of text is entirely framed by a triple red and blue fillet. Some words are highlighted in blue ink while the text has many touches of red and green for diacritics to facilitate reading. Some passages are introduced by an ornamental frieze with flowers in green, blue, red and gold ink. The margins are...
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- https://libcat.wellesley.edu/Record/in00000699812
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