Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 249

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6682

Shelfmark:

MS Or 249

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Scribe:

Khawāfī, Burhān ibn Waḥīd, active 1537 / خوافي، برهان بن وحيد، active 1537،

Burhān ibn Waḥīd Khawāfī WIKIDATA

Date:

1537.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 online resource (410 leaves :) non-European laid paper

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 11 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink, pointed, vocalized; titles in thuluth in gold, pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Blue, gold, and red illuminated dual-page first opening (f. 1v-2r); gold roundels with pink and blue dots mark verse endings; sūrah headings in gold; textblock border-ruled in gold and blue.
Origin: Copy completed by Burhān ibn Waḥīd, known as Zayn al-Dīn al-Khawāfī at the beginning of Jumādá al-Thānī in 944 A.H. (1537 CE) (f. 410r).
Shelfmark: MS Or 249.
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I129.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Qur'ans

illuminations (paintings)

Manuscripts

manuscripts (documents)

Flap bindings

Qurʼan--Manuscripts

New York (State)--New York

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15147162

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15147162_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library