Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 184

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6704

Shelfmark:

MS Or 184

Title:

Devotional book

Place:

Turkey?

Turkey TGN

Date:

17--?

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 40 leaves : Laid paper, illuminations ; 165 x 115 (120 x 75 ) mm, bound to 165 x 120 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: 7 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left; border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Headpiece in gold (now greenish), blue and pink; gold roundels mark verse endings; textblock border-ruled in wide gold; readings in red.
Origin: Item is undated, perhaps produced in the 18th century.
Shelfmark: MS Or 184.

Keyword:

onlays (decorative components)

codices (bound manuscripts)

Prayers and devotions

manuscripts (documents)

illuminations (paintings)

Early works

Islam--Prayers and devotions

Islam

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15265583

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15265583_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library