Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 330 - FOLIO

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6626

Shelfmark:

MS Or 330 - FOLIO

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Date:

12--? -13--?

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 10 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 324 x 263 (280 x 220) mm, bound to 310 x 245 x 7 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Layout: 17 long lines.
Script: Written in early Abbasid new style; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Every tenth verse marked with a large rosette with a yellow center; yellow spiral shaped marginal medallions; sūrah heading in yellow; rubrications in red, including readings.
Origin: Item is undated; possibly copied in the 13th or 14th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 330 - FOLIO.
Each leaf has been placed between sheets of loosely woven tissue through which the writing remains clearly visible.
Note describing the manuscript, called No. 2, laid in.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Qurʼan--Specimens

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642735

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14642735_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library