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DS ID:

DS4167

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 15

Title:

al-Qurʼān.

Scribe:

Darwīsh Muṣṭafá al-Mawlawī / درويش مصطفى المولوى.

Darwīsh Muṣṭafá al-Mawlawī WIKIDATA

Place:

Turkey? ;

Turkey TGN

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 334 leaves : 184 x 110 (130 x 65) mm bound to 187 x 122 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century Qurʼans Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Binding: Bound in red-stained leather with flap (Type II), blind stamped with a central medallion on the top cover and frames all both covers and the flap. A note in pencil inside the back cover says "Rebound Shihadeh 6/75 RNx".
Layout: 15 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink, pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: Dual page illumination on first opening (f. 1v-2r) in gold, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and pink with text in cloudbands within a lobed circle framed with pink corners; the entire page margin is filled with a gilt flower design. Textblock rule-bordered in gold and black; the beginning of each sūrah is marked with a gold bar; gold roundels mark verse ends; readings in red...
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century

Qurʼans

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century

Manuscripts (documents)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_015.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_015/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia