Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 138

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6540

Shelfmark:

MS Or 138

Title:

Collection of prayers and selections from the Qurʼān

Place:

Turkey?

Turkey TGN

Date:

17--?].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: ii + 40 + ii leaves : laid paper, illuminations ; 150 x 105 (90 x 60) mm, bound to 150 x 105 x 10 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 9 lines generally forming an oval shape, border-ruled with corner decorations; several leaves have full page calligraphic illuminations.
Script: Naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Calligraphic lluminations and headers in thuluth.
Decoration: Polychrome and gold floral headpiece (f. 1v); floral sprays in gold, or green and pink or red in the corners of the textblock on each leaf shape the text to an oval; textblock border-ruled in black and gold; gold roundels punctuate the text. Circular or oval calligraphic panels set into a frame of gold with pink or blue highlights and floral sprays in the corners (f. 22v-26v).
Origin: Item is not dated, but likely produced in the 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 138.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

compilation manuscripts

pastedowns (features)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

prayers (literary works)

envelope flaps (features)

Qurʼan--Selections

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Prayer--Islam

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13893159

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_13893159_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library