Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 238

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6565

Shelfmark:

MS Or 238

Title:

Qurʼān leaves

Qurʼan

Place:

Morocco or Algeria?

Morocco TGN

Algeria TGN

Date:

between 1700 and 1899?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

laid paper with watermarks

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 8 leaves : laid paper with watermarks ; 250 x 182 (192 x 124) mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 15 long lines.
Script: Written in maghribi with some imitation of kufic in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Rubrications in red: sūrah headings, readings, some vocalization. Other blue and yellow dots also appear throughout.
Origin: Item is undated. Likely copied in North Africa in the 18th or 19th century.
Note written on front wrapper: "Complete copy of the Koran. Manuscript. Written about 1800 A.D. Had been 99 years in the Biskra mosque, since the French occupation."
Shelfmark: MS Or 238.

Keyword:

manuscripts (documents)

Qur'ans

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230775

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Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library