Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 421

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6642

Shelfmark:

MS Or 421

Title:

Devotional book

Date:

17--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic and Ottoman Turkish

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 98 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 130 x 85 (75 x 45) mm, bound to 130 x 89 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Layout: Chiefly 7 long lines, with some tables and tabular layouts.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Illuminated headpieces in gold, yellow, blue, red and green with the text on cloudbands and a wide gold border rule (f. 1v, 69v); facing page also written on cloudbands with a wide gold border rule (f. 1r, 70r); gold roundels punctuate text; textblock border-ruled in gold; some in-text gold accents (for example f. 5v); gold text dividers; two simple gold finispieces (f. 66v-67r...
Origin: Item is undated; probably produced in the 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 421.
Bound in red leather over pasteboard with flap; gilt stamped diaper grid pattern and gold frame; flap gilt stamped with vines; pink paper pastedowns; matching red leather case with tie, stamped in the same grid pattern as the codex on the front and a smaller, simplified diaper grid pattern on the back.

Keyword:

Prayers and devotions

codices (bound manuscripts)

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

Flap bindings

Manuscripts, Turkish

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Islam

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642793

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14642793_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library