Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 327

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6596

Shelfmark:

MS Or 327

Title:

Qurʼān leaves

Date:

13--?-14--?

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (33 foliated leaves) : paper, illuminations

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Layout: 7 long lines with top and bottom line written larger.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Gold florets with red and blue dots mark verse endings. Circular marginal medallions in gold, blue and red mark text partitions. Sūrah titles in gold. A piece of paper with the title for al-Furqān in gold has been added to the bottom of the last leaf (f. 33r).
Origin: Item is undated, but perhaps copied in the 14th or 15th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 327.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14566261

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14566261_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library