[al-Qurʼān]; [القرآن]

Contributor:

Ṣidqī, Khalīl (scribe)

Date:

1842

Description:

Nearly complete copy of the Qur'ān. Sūrat al-Layl is missing, though the heading is there as are some of the verse-end decorations (f. 297v).

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Swarthmore College, given to the University of Pennsylvania in 1967 (note in pencil inside front cover).; Swarthmore College, former owner.; Swarthmore College, donor.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1901.html

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); illuminations (paintings); Qur'ans

Physical Description:

301 leaves : paper, illuminations; 160 x 105 (102 x 52) mm bound to 162 x 115 mm.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Arabic.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Western numeral foliation in pencil added on every 25th leaf, upper left recto; catchwords on every verso, lower left.; Layout: 15 long lines with border rules.; Script: Written in naskh using black ink; pointed, vocalized.; Decoration: Sūrah titles in white ink, framed in gold; textblock ruled in gold, black, red; gold roundels at end of each verse; readings marked in red; text partitions (juzʼ) noted in the margins in purple by a later hand; double page illumination in gold, pink, blue, orange with text on cloudbands in first opening (f. 1v-2r).; Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); stamped with floriated central design and frame on both covers and flap; embossed bright orange paper doublure with dark green textile foredge flap lining.; Origin: Copied by al-Sayyid al-Hājj Khalīl al-Ṣidqī, one of Ismāʻīl Zuhrī's students. The copy was likely completed in 1258 (1842), though date is somewhat effaced, probably in Turkey (f. 301v).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1901