[al-Qurʼān].

Abstract:

Complete copy of the Qurʼān with a final prayer; border-rules have corroded the paper on some leaves.

Date:

1550

Identifier:

9924371913503681; (OCoLC)1150882887; (OCoLC)on1150882887; (PU)2437191-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate inside front cover).; Had been given in waqf (pious endowment) by the Grand Vizier (al-Wazīr al-Āʻzam), the conqueror of the Island of Crete (Fātiḥ Jazīrat Kirīd), Aḥmad Pāshā, possibly Melek Ahmed Pasha (approximately 1604-1662); the name of the mosque to which the manuscript was given is scrubbed (f. 1r). Numerous waqf stamps with the name Pīr Valī Muḥammad Pāshā and the year 1072 A.H. (1661 or 1662 CE) also appear (f. 121r, 166r, 292r, 318r, 345r, 360r)

Publisher:

[between 1550 and 1650?]

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/cajs_rarms121.html

Subject:

Envelope flaps (features); Stamps (Provenance); Manuscripts, Arabic.; Manuscripts, 17th century.; Qur'ans.; Codices (bound manuscripts); Illuminations (painting); Annotations (Provenance)

Resource Type:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

ii, 379, ii leaves : paper, illuminations; 316 x 220 (202 x 125) mm bound to 316 x 230 mm

Personal Name:

Pīr Valī Muḥammad Pāshā, active 1661, associated name.; Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, former owner.; Melek Ahmet Paşa, -1662, associated name.

Corporate Name:

Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Decoration: Polychrome and gold dual-page illumination (f. 1v-2r); numerous marginal medallions in gold and blue with polychrome flowers and blue foliate finials mark text divisions; sūrah headers in red ink framed by rectangles with foliate motifs on either end chiefly in blue and gold with small, polychrome flowers; gold roundels with orange, blue and green dots mark verse endings; textblock border-ruled in dark blue and gold.; Origin: The item is undated, a waqf stamp places it before 1661 CE (f. 121r); Binding: Bound in brown leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); gold stamped frame; bright orange doublure; red and yellow chevron endbands.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Waqf note, partially scrubbed (f. 1r); stamp (f. 1r); stamp is repeated throughout, often effaced but occasionally visible (see f. 121r, 166r, 292r, 318r, 345r, 360r).; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.; Layout: Written in 11 long lines.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

CAJS Rar Ms 121