Free Library of Philadelphia, RBD Lewis O 20

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DS ID:

DS4172

Shelfmark:

RBD Lewis O 20

Title:

al-Juzʼ al-sābiʻ wa-al-ʻishrūn.

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 11 leaves : 210 x 150 (135 x 93) mm bound to 210 x 152 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Qāsimʹābādī, Karbalāʼī Muḥammad Ḥusayn / قاسم‌آبادى، کربلائی محمد حسين.

Karbalāʼī Muḥammad Ḥusayn Qāsimʹābādī WIKIDATA

Perkins, Oliver Henry, -1912

Oliver Henry Perkins WIKIDATA

Manuscripts, Arabic Manuscripts, 19th century Qurʼans Manuscripts, 18th century Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts, Oriental Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from note (f. 1v).
Binding: Bound in dark brown leather (Type III) with blind stamped mandorla, two pendants and gilt stamped frame on outside front and back covers.
Layout: 14 long lines, frame-ruled with a misṭarah.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed and vocalized.
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Karbalāʼī Muḥammad Ḥusayn Qāsimʹābādī (inscription on f. 1r, with date A.H. 1299).
Provenance: Insert after f. 11v "Manuscript bought in Persia from some Mecca Pilgrims $UII".
Provenance: Formerly owned by Oliver Henry Perkins (bookplate inside front cover).
Provenance: Sold at auction from the collection of Oliver Henry Perkins, Anderson Galleries, 23 March 1926, lot 578.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Manuscripts, 19th century

Qurʼans

Manuscripts, 18th century

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Oriental

Manuscripts (documents)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_020.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_020/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia