Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 118

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6533

Shelfmark:

MS Or 118

Title:

al-Juzʼ al-sābiʻ wa-al-ʻishrūn

Place:

Turkey or Syria?

Turkey TGN

Date:

between 1650 and 1750?

seventeenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 24 leaves : laid paper ; 215 x 160 (160 x 95 ) mm, bound to 215 x 160 x 12 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from binding; inscription (f. 1v).
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; no catchwords.
Layout: 9 long lines; border-ruled.
Script: Naskh in black ink, fully vocalized.
Decoration: Sūrah headings in red; border rules in red and blue; red roundels mark verse ends.
Shelfmark: MS Or 118.

Keyword:

full covers

blind-tooled (decoration)

Islamic bindings

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

envelope flaps (features)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13892937

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13892937_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library