Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 158

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DS ID:

DS4243

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 158

Title:

al-Qurʼān.

Scribe:

Āz̲nahvī, ʻAlī Riḍāʼī ibn Ismaʻīl, active 1839 / آذنه‌وى، علي رضائى بن اسمعيل،

ʻAlī Riḍāʼī ibn Ismaʻīl Āz̲nahvī WIKIDATA

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: iv, 307, iv leaves : 170 x 113 (117 x 65) mm bound to 170 x 120 mm; paper

Former Owner(s):

Morris, Lydia Thompson, 1849-1932

Lydia Thompson Morris WIKIDATA

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

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Binding: Bound in red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); gilt-stamped central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces; matching flap with fore-edge quotation beginning "la yalmashu illā al-muṭahharīn"; marbled paper doublure.
Layout: 15 long lines, border-ruled.
Script: Written in neat naskh in black ink, pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: Dual page illuminated first opening in gold with floral borders (f. 1v-2r); gold floral finispiece (f. 303v); sūrah titles signified by gold bars lined in pink, orange, or blue; textblock border-ruled in red and gold; gold roundels with blue and orange dots mark verse endings; readings in red; floral marginal medallions mark text divisions.
Provenance: Formerly owned Lydia T. Morris (stamp in gutter, f. 3r).

Keyword:

Qurʼans

Codices (bound manuscripts)

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_158.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_158/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia