Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 258

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6573

Shelfmark:

MS Or 258

Title:

al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn / الجزء العشرون

Qurʼan

Place:

Syria or Turkey?

Syria TGN

Turkey TGN

Date:

between 1400 and 1550?

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Layout: 5 long lines

Material:

paper, illuminations

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (38 leaves) : paper, illuminations

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from title page illumination (f. 1r).
Arabic.
Script: Written in mamluk style naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Gold and blue illuminated title (f. 1r). Gold eight petal rosettes with pink centers, lined in pink and blue dots mark verse endings. Sūrah titles in gold outlined in black.
Origin: Item is undated, perhaps copied in the 15th to mid-16th centuries.
One volume of a Qur'ān set, of which RBML holds 3 volumes under separate shelfmarks; See also MSS Or. 256 and 257. This volume is bound in a different style and lacks the same waqf inscription found in the other two volumes.
Shelfmark: MS Or 258.

Keyword:

full covers

blind-tooled (decoration)

Islamic bindings

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

envelope flaps (features)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14230888

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14230888_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library