Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 234

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6563

Shelfmark:

MS Or 234

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Place:

Turkey?

Turkey TGN

Date:

17-- or 18--].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 281 foliated leaves : laid paper, illuminations ; 210 x 145 (162 x 79) mm, bound to 210 x 150 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 12 to 15 lines per page. Some pages, particularly near the beginning, have two lines of text in larger thuluth followed by four lines of text in smaller naskh, three lines in larger thuluth, four lines in smaller naskh and a final two lines in larger thuluth. Most pages have text of a uniform size.
Script: Written in naskh and thuluth in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Matching illuminated headpieces in beige, pink and green on the first opening (f. 1v-2r). Sūrah headers in red ink. Rubrications in red. Readings in red. Verse endings marked by a red open circle or heart shape.
Shelfmark: MS Or 234.
Origin: Item is undated, but probably copied in the 18th or 19th century, perhaps in Turkey.
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I114.

Keyword:

full covers

blind-tooled (decoration)

Islamic bindings

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

envelope flaps (features)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230714

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230714_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library