Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis O 179

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DS ID:

DS4252

Shelfmark:

Lewis O 179

Title:

Devotional book.

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 83 leaves : 116 x 85 (90 x 70), bound to 117 x 95 mm; paper

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Binding: Reddish leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); shadows from a central mandorla, cornerpieces and border onlays remain; hinge and flap doublure is painted with purple and green geometric pattern, otherwise plain paper doublure.
Layout: Written in 10 long lines.
Script: Written in a West African naskh in three different hands; black ink; pointed.
Decoration: A few simple line and dot decorations in black ink.
Provenance: Acquired with the Pepper Fund in January 1926 (note in pencil, f. [83]v).

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Illuminations (painting)

Manuscripts, Oriental

Manuscripts, Arabic

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Islam--Customs and practices

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_o_179.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_o_179/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia