al-Juzʼ al-thalāthūn; الجزء الثلاثون

Date:

1750

Description:

Complete copy of part 30 of the Qurʼān, from al-Nabāʼ (78) to the end.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Adolf Brecher (Jastrow note inside front cover).; Formerly owned by Morris Jastrow, Jr.; gift of Morris Jastrow, Jr. (plate inside front cover).; Brecher, Adolf, former owner.; Jastrow, Morris, Jr., 1861-1921, former owner.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/mscodex24.html

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

24 leaves : paper; 205 x 140 (150 x 80) mm bound to 205 x 145 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from margin of opening page (f. 1v).; Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.; Layout: 9 long lines.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.; Decoration: Rubrications in red, including sūrah titles and readings; red roundels mark verse ends.; Binding: Bound in dark brown leather with flap (Type II); blind stamped central mandorla and blind ruled frame; flap has smaller, matching blind stamped mandorla.; Origin: Item is not dated, but likely written between the second half of the 18th and the first half of the 19th century.; Watermarks: Trelune.; Inside front cover is the following note, signed by Morris Jastrow, Jr. and dated Feb. 1890 in Philadelphia: "It was used by a Turkish soldier during the recent Russo-Turkish War (187- ) & upon his death in battle fell into the hands of a physician of Austrian origin. Presented to me by Dr. Adolf Brecher of Olmütz (Moravia) in 1888."; On the page facing the above note by Dr. Jastrow is the (Roman) alphabet in German cursive script capitals, written in pencil and upside down in relation to the book.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 24