Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 240

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6567

Shelfmark:

MS Or 240

Title:

al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn

Date:

between 1750 and 1850?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 26 leaves : paper ; 240 x 160 (137 x 85) 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.
Layout: 8 lines per page.
Script: Written in neat naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Sūrah titles in thuluth.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece in gold and blue with green rules and title in white ink (f. 2v). Textblock is border-ruled. Sūrah titles and marginal text division notations in gold. Gold roundels mark verse endings. Readings in red.
Origin: Item is undated, likely copied in the mid-18th to mid-19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 240.
One volume of a Qurʼān in 30 parts, of which RBML holds five volumes under separate shelfmarks; see also MS Or. 239, 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/14230785

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230785_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library