[al-Fātiḥah to al-Anʻām 165]

Contributor:

Levitsky, Joseph, 1892- (former owner); Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (former owner)

Date:

1850

Description:

Copy of the Qurʼān from the first sūrah through sūrat al-Anʻām verse 165.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate, inside front cover).

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/kcajs_rar_ms282.html

Subject:

Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts; Manuscripts; Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Specimens; Manuscripts, Arabic; Manuscripts, 19th century; Qur'ans; Illuminations (painting); Manuscripts; Full covers; Envelope flaps (features); Blind tooled (decoration); Islamic bindings (Binding)

Physical Description:

92 paginated leaves : paper, illuminations; 213 x 170 (165 x 110) mm bound to 215 x 175 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Modern pagination added in pencil, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 15 long lines.; Script: Written in maghribī in dark brown ink; pointed and vocalized.; Decoration: Illuminated polychrome marginal medallions showing text divisions; sūrah titles in red and green; green and yellow points throughout the text; vocalizations in red, readings in blue.; Binding: Red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); blind stamped central diamond with blind tooled border and frame; plain paper doublure cut into a zigzag pattern along the outside edges.; Origin: The item is undated and unsigned, but was probably copied in North Africa in the late 19th century; machine made paper.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Rare Book Manuscripts, CAJS Rar Ms 282