Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 179

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6553

Shelfmark:

MS Or 179

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Date:

between 1700 and 1850?].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 304 leaves : laid paper, illuminations ; 175 x 115 (120 x 63) mm, bound to 175 x 125 x 37 mm.

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Layout: 15 long lines; border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Textblock is border-ruled in gold, black, red. First opening has dual-page illumination in gold, pink, blue with text in round medallion. Marginal medallions in vivid colors appear throughout and mark text divisions. Gold roundels with yellow and red dots mark verse endings. Sūrah headings in white ink on gold background. Readings in red.
Origin: Item is not dated, but likely copied in the 18th or first half of the 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 179.
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I138.

Keyword:

full covers

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230571

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230571_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library