[al-Qurʼān]; [القرآن]

Date:

1775

Description:

Small copy of the Qur'ān; complete except for first folio and covers; begins with Sūrat al-Baqarah (The Cow) 1 (2:1).

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by William Camac; bequeathed to the University of Pennsylvania in the Camac Memorial Collection; received in 1904.; Camac, William, 1829-1900, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex1917.html

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

198 leaves : paper, illuminations; 100 x 60 (73 x 36) mm bound to 100 x 62 mm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Arabic.; First folio missing; would have held Sūrat al-Fātiḥah (The Opening).; Foliation: Western numeral foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; catchwords on every verso, lower left.; Layout: 21 long lines with border rules.; Script: Written in naskh using black ink.; Decoration: Sūrah titles rubricated and framed in gold; textblock ruled in gold, black, blue; page openings framed in gold and black rules; gold roundels at end of each verse; text partitions noted in red in the margins; first opening shows half of a double page illumination in gold, red, blue with text on cloudbands (f. 1r).; Binding: Covers are missing; spine is dark brown leather.; Origin: Likely copied in the late 18th or early 19th century.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1917