Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 9

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DS ID:

DS4163

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 9

Title:

al-Qurʼān.

Scribe:

Wahabī, Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī / وهبي، احمد بن علي.

Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Wahabī WIKIDATA

Place:

Turkey? ;

Turkey TGN

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 311 leaves : 150 x 97 (94 x 55) mm, bound to 152 x 105 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Qurʼans Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Binding: Reddish-brown gilt stamped leather with flap (Type II); gilded stamped mandorlas on front and back covers, two pendants each with cornerpieces and frame. Reddish-brown leather slipcase with purple pull and gilt-stamped frame.
Layout: 15 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink, text is pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: Polychrome using black, blue, white, red and gold inks. Text of the first opening (f. 1v-2r) is written in unfinished cloudbands and framed in a dual page illumination, mostly in gold. Textblock of every page border-ruled (gold, black, red). Readings in red; sūrah titles in white. Polychrome medallions and words in gold indicate sections and rukūʻ; gold lobed roundels at end of...
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Qurʼans

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Oriental

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_009.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_009/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia