Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 83 - FOLIO/FLAT

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6519

Shelfmark:

MS Or 83 - FOLIO/FLAT

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Date:

between 1500 and 1699?

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic and Persian

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 41 foliated leaves : Non-European laid paper ; 340 x 260 (300 x 190) mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex fragment.
Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; leaf 5 is numbered as both 5 and 6; leaves 35 and 36 are both numbered 35.
Layout: 8 long lines with interlinear gloss.
Script: Written in thuluth in black ink; pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: Textblock border ruled in gold, red, blue; marginal text partition markers in blue and gold; readings in red; word "Allāh" in gold outlined in red; chapter titles in gold outlined in black; gold roundels with black design and green and red dots mark verse endings.
Shelfmark: MS Or 83 - FOLIO/FLAT.
Origin: An insert says these leaves are 14th century.
A leaf from another Qur'ān previously inserted in this manuscript has been removed and cataloged separately as MS Or 83a.

Keyword:

frame covers

onlays (decorative components)

re-used (materials)

Qur'ans

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

detached leaves

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13892580

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13892580_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library