Free Library of Philadelphia, RBD Lewis O 02
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS4157
- Shelfmark:
- RBD Lewis O 02
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān.
- Place:
- North Africa?
- Language:
- Arabic
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 390, ii leaves : 170 x 115 (130 x 80) mm; paper
- Former Owner(s):
- Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
Illuminations (painting) Qurʼans Manuscripts (documents) - Note:
- Ms. codex.
Title from first leaf (f. 1r).
Binding: The pages are loose and were never bound. They are held between two boards of pasteboard framed in leather with text written on them. A wrap of blind tooled leather in reddish brown with a pattern of triangles made by the tooling and also dyed darker brown. The wrap is framed in the darker brown dye as well. The wrap encloses the textblock and ties with a leather thong. The wrapped...
Layout: 15 long lines.
Script: Written in maghribi in brown ink, pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: Chiefly red and yellow. Several illuminated grids of alternating red and yellow geometric patterns (f. 1r, 93r, 193r-194r, 291r-291v). The first leaf has a monochrome grid of intersecting lines and crosses under the chapter title (f. 1r). Verse endings marked either by two concentric circles with yellow centers and red dots between the circles, or by yellow dots over a red pattern...
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's in Dec. 1910 (catalog entry pasted into the inside of the wrap).
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate inside wrapper). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_002.html
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_002/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
