Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 422

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6643

Shelfmark:

MS Or 422

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Scribe:

Ismāʻīl ibn Ṣāliḥ, active 1779 / اسماعيل بن صالح، active 1779،

Ismāʻīl ibn Ṣāliḥ WIKIDATA

Date:

1779.

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 304 foliated leaves : paper, illuminations ; 246 x 160 (186 x 104) mm, bound to 247 x 172 x 39 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title from colophon (f. 304r).
Layout: 15 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Polychrome and gold dual-page illuminated first opening (f. 1v-2r); gold finispiece with gold painted flowers (f. 304r); polychrome and gold floral marginal medallions with blue finials mark text divisions; surah headings in white on a gold rectangular field with floral end-fill; gold roundels mark verse endings; textblock border-ruled in gold, blue, red; readings in red.
Origin: Copy completed in 1193 AH by Ismaʻīl ibn Ṣāliḥ (f. 304r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 422.

Keyword:

Inlays

full covers

Islamic bindings

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

manuscripts (documents)

inlays (decorative components)

Flap bindings

Qurʼan--Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14642794

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_14642794_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library