Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 237

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6564

Shelfmark:

MS Or 237

Title:

al-Juzʼ al-thālith ʻashar / الجزء الثالث عشر

Qurʼan

Place:

Syria or Egypt?

Syria TGN

Egypt TGN

Date:

between 1300 and 1499?

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

laid paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 28 foliated leaves : laid paper ; 265 x 175 (195 x 125) mm, bound to 266 x 184 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from illuminated heading on first opening (f. 1v-2r).
Layout: 7 long lines.
Script: Written in widely spaced naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Gold and blue illuminated header and footer with the title in white on a gold background with gold flowers on blue backgrounds on each end and a circular medallion in blue and gold extending into the margin next to the header; first opening is also border-ruled in blue and gold (f. 1v-2r). Sūrah titles in white ink on gold illuminated background lined in blue with blue and gold...
Shelfmark: MS Or 237.
Origin: Item is undated. Perhaps produced in Syria or Egypt in the 14th or 15th century.

Keyword:

full covers

blind-tooled (decoration)

Islamic bindings

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

manuscripts (documents)

envelope flaps (features)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13673634

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Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library