Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 248

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6569

Shelfmark:

MS Or 248

Title:

al-Qurʼān / القرآن

Qurʼan

Place:

Iran or Turkey?

Iran TGN

Turkey TGN

Date:

between 1700 and 1899?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Material:

non-European laid paper, illuminations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 256 leaves : non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 210 x 131 (158 x 81) mm, bound to 219 x 137 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Decoration: Gold and polychrome (blue, green, red, orange) illuminated double-page first opening (f. 1v-2r). Textblock border ruled in red, gold, blue; page-opening frame ruled in black. Decorative motif of gold medallion with blue floriate sprays and finials appear diagonally in the upper outer corner of each page, connecting the two sets of rules. More elaborate versions of the medallion...
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I118.
Layout: 18 long lines; border-ruled. Catchwords every verso, lower left.
Manuscript codex.
Origin: Item is undated. Likely copied in Iran or Turkey in the 18th or 19th century.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Shelfmark: MS Or 248.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Customs stamp solar dated 1312/1934 (f. 1r, 255v). Owner's notes possibly dated 1241 (1825) (f. 1r).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

illuminations (paintings)

Qur'ans

painted (decoration)

Lacquered bindings

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13680011

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230792_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library