Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 239

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6566

Shelfmark:

MS Or 239

Title:

al-Juzʼ al-khāmis

Date:

between 1750 and 1850?].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 27 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 237 x 159 (138 x 82) mm, bound to 244 x 166 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from caption title (f. 1v).
Layout: 8 long lines; border-ruled.
Script: Written in clear naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in blue and gold with green rules and title in white ink (f. 1v). Gold rules around the textblock; gould roundels mark verse endings and gold text partitions notes in the margin. Readings in red.
Origin: Item is undated, likely copied in the mid-18th to mid-19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 239.
One volume of a Qur'ān in 30 parts, of which RBML holds five volumes under separate shelfmarks; see also MSS Or. 240, 241, 242, and 243.

Keyword:

blind-tooled (decoration)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

manuscripts (documents)

envelope flaps (features)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230779

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230779_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library