Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 106
Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS6522
- Shelfmark:
- MS Or 106
- Title:
- al-Niṣf al-thānī min juzʼ aḥad ʻashar / النصف الثاني من جزء احد عشر
- Place:
- Iran?
- Date:
- 1750?-1867
- Language:
- Arabic with a few statements in Persian
- Material:
- non-European laid paper, illuminations
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 12 + 1 leaves : non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 221 x 142 (175 x 95) mm, bound to 230 x 145 mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944
- Note:
- Customs stamps dated 1312 (1894-95) (f. 1r, 10v).
Decoration: Polychrome (red, blue, pink, orange, black, green, yellow, white) and gold illuminated headpiece (f. 2v). Textblock border-rules in red, gold, black, blue; page opening frame-ruled in black. Rubrications in red with gold and blue highlights. Gold roundels with red and blue dots mark verse endings. Surah titles in red on gold background with polychrome edge decorations. Polychrome...
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 12 long lines; border-ruled.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: No date of copy, though the donation note is dated Rajab 1284 (October-November 1867) (f. 2r). Possibly copied in Iran.
Script: Naskh in black ink; fully vocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 106.
Title from headpiece (f. 2v). - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13615983
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13892614_000/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
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