Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 21

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4173

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 21

Title:

al-Qurʼān.

Place:

North Africa?

North Africa TGN

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 56 leaves : 125 x 190 (80 x 150) mm; parchment

Former Owner(s):

Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932

John Frederick Lewis WIKIDATA

Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century Manuscripts, Arabic--15th century Manuscripts, Arabic--16th century Qurʼans Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts (documents)

Note:

Ms. codex.
Binding: The copy is unbound, though the individual quires are still joined. Quires are commonly 10 leaves made of 4 bifolia and 2 singletons with stubs.
Layout: 12 long lines.
Script: Written in a maghribi somewhat imitating Early Abbasid script, in brown ink.
Decoration: Red and yellow dots and green double slashes indicate diacritics. Sūrah titles in yellow outlined in brown with polychrome palmette of yellow, green and blue in the margin. Some marginal headers also in brown outlined yellow. An occasional floret of yellow appears among the verses.
Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century

Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century

Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century

Manuscripts, Arabic--15th century

Manuscripts, Arabic--16th century

Qurʼans

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts (documents)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_021.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_021/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia