Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 137

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6539

Shelfmark:

MS Or 137

Title:

al-Juzʼ al-thāmin / الجزء الثامن

Qurʼan

Place:

Egypt?

Egypt TGN

Date:

between 1775 and 1799

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

laid paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 28 leaves : laid paper ; 145 x 110 (95 x 65) mm, bound to 147 x 112 x 15 mm

Former Owner(s):

Ghalyūn, Nafīsah bint al-Ḥājj Muḥammad / غليون، نفيسة بنت الحاج محمد

Nafīsah bint al-Ḥājj Muḥammad Ghalyūn WIKIDATA

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from binding; inscription (f. 1r).
One volume of a small Qur'ān set, of which RBML holds four volumes under separate shelfmarks; See also MSS Or. 139, 140, and 141.
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 9 long lines.
Script: Naskh with elements of ruqʻah in black ink; fully vocalized.
Decoration: Sūrah headings in red, green, and purple; red roundels mark verse ends, readings in red.
Shelfmark: MS Or 137.
Origin: Possibly written in Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century. This copy was likely donated with others from this set in early 1800.
Formerly owned by Nafīsah bint al-Ḥājj Muḥammad al-Ghalyūn and donated to the Mosque of Zaynab bint al-Husayn (possibly the one in Cairo) during Ramaḍān 1214 (January-February 1800) (f. 1r).

Keyword:

quarter covers

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

manuscripts (documents)

Early works

envelope flaps (features)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13893008

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13893008_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library