Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 248

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6569

Shelfmark:

MS Or 248

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Place:

Iran or Turkey?

Iran TGN

Date:

between 1700 and 1899?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

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:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 18 long lines; border-ruled. Catchwords every verso, lower left.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
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...
Origin: Item is undated. Likely copied in Iran or Turkey in the 18th or 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 248.
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I118.
Customs stamp solar dated 1312/1934 (f. 1r, 255v). Owner's notes possibly dated 1241 (1825) (f. 1r).

Keyword:

painted (decoration)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

Lacquered bindings

illuminations (paintings)

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230792

IIIF Manifest:

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

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library