Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 214

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6610

Shelfmark:

MS Or 214

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Date:

17--?-18--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 546, iii foliated leaves : paper, illuminations ; 93 x 60 (51 x 28) mm, bound to 96 x 60 x 36 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 11 lines per page; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Script: Written chiefly in naskh in black ink with sūrah titles in thuluth; pointed and vocalized.
Decoration: Inset leaves so textblock is a lighter color; dual page illuminated first opening with the first sūrah written on a scalloped medallion lined in black with white flowers between each line, surrounding the medallion are flowers and vines in pink, purple, red, and green with an outside marginal illumination of a scalloped design chiefly in gold and blue with red, blue and purple...
Origin: Item is undated; likely copied in the 18th century or 19th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 214.
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I142.
Customs stamp solar dated 1312/1934 (f. 1r, 537v).

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

Lacquered bindings

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Qurʼan--Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642102

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14642102_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library