Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 230

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6562

Shelfmark:

MS Or 230

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Scribe:

Wahbī, Muḥammad / وهبي، محمد،

Muḥammad Wahbī WIKIDATA

Place:

Turkey?

Turkey TGN

Date:

1817 or 1818.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 307 leaves : Non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 136 x 88 (88 x 52) mm, bound to 137 x 90 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from colophon (f. 303v).
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: Gilt and polychrome (shades of blue, yellow, red) illuminated double-page opening (f. 1v-2r). Different types of floral marginal medallions mark text divisions and sajdah. Sūrah titles in white ink on a gold background with red tinged floral decorations at either end. Verse ends marked by gold roundels lined in black with orange centers outlined with six blue and orange dots...
Origin: Copy is dated 1233 AH and copied by Muḥammad al-Wahbī (f. 303v).
Shelfmark: MS Or 230.
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I111.

Keyword:

full covers

Islamic bindings

onlays (decorative components)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

manuscripts (documents)

envelope flaps (features)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230713

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230713_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library