Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 271 - FOLIO

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6581

Shelfmark:

MS Or 271 - FOLIO

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Place:

Iran?

Iran TGN

Date:

18--?

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 62, viii leaves) : laid paper, illuminations

Former Owner(s):

Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936

George Arthur Plimpton WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 33 lines per page.
Script: Written in naskh and thuluth, chiefly in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Dual page illuminated first opening in blue, gold, orange (f. 1r-2v); gold foliate marginal fill on every page; textblock border-ruled in orange, blue, gold; pages gold-sprinkled; larger lines alternating red on a white field and black on a gold field; marginal section divisions and some sūrah titles in white ink on a gold field. The final page is gold-sprinkled, ruled and...
Origin: The item is undated, perhaps copied in the 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 271 - FOLIO.

Keyword:

blind-tooled (decoration)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

manuscripts (documents)

Qurʼan--Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14294918

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14294918_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library