Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 6

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4160

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 6

Title:

al-Qurʼān.

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: iv, 362, ii leaves : 46 x 42 (34 x 34) mm bound to 46 x 42 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Qurʼans Codices (bound manuscripts) Amulets Pull-off boxes Illuminations (painting) Onlays (decorative components) Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
A repeating stamp on the flyleaves at the front and back of book bears pious statements and the number 118.
Binding: Bound in red leather over thin card with embossed gold onlays in a central octagon and narrow frame; octagonal carrying case of silver-colored metal with a clasp that allows for a string to be threaded through it; grey enamal top set with a central red stone and ten red stone petals lined with gold.
Layout: 13 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in neat, miniscule naskh in black ink, pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: Dual page illuminated first and last openings in gold with green and blue or orange flower and vine motifs (f. 1v-2r, 357v-358r). Textblock is octagonally border-ruled in gold. Gold roundels lined in red mark verse endings; sūrah titles in red.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Qurʼans

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Amulets

Pull-off boxes

Illuminations (painting)

Onlays (decorative components)

Manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_006.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_006/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia