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DS ID:

DS4164

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 10

Title:

al-Qurʼān.

Scribe:

Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥājj Aḥmad / محمد بن الحاج احمد،

Aḥmad Rifʻat ibn al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Fākhir Z̤amāqavī WIKIDATA

Place:

Kaisaria ;

Kayseri TGN

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 294 leaves : 155 x 100 (105 x 60) mm, bound to 157 x 106 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Stowell, M. Louise

M. Louise Stowell WIKIDATA

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

Note:

Ms. codex.
Binding: Brown gilt stamped leather with flap (Type II); gilded stamped mandorlas on front and back cover with two pendants along the verticle axis each with cornerpieces and frame; gilded foredge stamp.
Layout: 15 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink, text is pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: Polychrome using black, pink, blue, green, white, and gold inks. Text of the first chapter, al-Fātiḥah (The Opening) in cloudbands (f. 1v-2r); page is right half of what would have been a dual opening with illuminated border (f. 1v). Polychrome rule-border (gold, black, red) around textblock. Readings in red; sūrah titles in white. Medallions and words in gold indicate sections and...
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by M. Louise Stowell (bookplate inside front cover).
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_010.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_010/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia