Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library, MS Or 231

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DS ID:

DS6706

Shelfmark:

MS Or 231

Title:

al-Qurʼān

Scribe:

Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm ibn Muṣṭafá, active 1812 / حافظ ابراهيم بن مصطفى، active 1812

Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm ibn Muṣṭafá WIKIDATA

Place:

Turkey?

Turkey TGN

Date:

1812-13.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i, 302, i leaves : Laid paper with watermarks, illuminations ; 166 x 116 (106 x 59) mm, bound to 167 x 123 mm

Former Owner(s):

Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944

David Eugene Smith WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Pagination: Page numbers in Hindu-Arabic numerals in pencil, upper outer corners (iii, 2-590, ix). Page 447, Pages 579-80 repeated.
Layout: 15 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left; border-ruled.
Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Decoration: Polychrome and gold illuminated double-page opening (p. unnumbered verso-[1]r); polychrome and gold floral marginal medallions; gold roundels with orange and blue dots mark verse endings; textblock border-ruled in red and gold; sūrah headings in white on gold background; readings and verse counts in red.
Origin: Copy completed in 1227 AH. (1812 or 1813 CE) by al-Sayyid Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm ibn al-Sayyid Muṣṭafá (p. [598]).
Shelfmark: MS Or 231.
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I113.

Keyword:

full covers

Islamic bindings

onlays (decorative components)

codices (bound manuscripts)

manuscripts (documents)

Qur'ans

Manuscripts

envelope flaps (features)

Qurʼan--Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Arabic

Qurʼan

Institutional Record:

https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/15265587

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/ldpd_15265587_000/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library