[al-Qurʼān]; [القرآن]

Date:

1950

Description:

Selections from the Qurʼān on a narrow, paper scroll. Lithographed rather than written, though decoration is by hand. The following verses are included: al-Fātiḥah, al-Baqarah (1-34), Āl-ʻImrān (1-31), Ṭā Ḥā (1-47), Yā Sīn (1-24), al-Mulk (1-21), al-Ikhlāṣ, al-Falaq, al-Nās.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Sold on eBay in 2014.

Relation:

The Benjamin Franklin Library Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366310; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/msroll1965.html

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Scrolls (information artifacts); Qur'ans; Manuscripts, Arabic -- 20th century

Physical Description:

5 leaves : paper, illuminations; 145 x 5 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. roll.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: 3 lines per centimeter for text areas.; Script: Informal naskh in black ink, pointed, unvocalized.; Decoration: Simple illuminated rectangular panels composed of red, green, and blue triangles together.; Binding: Cover made of a thin piece of brown leather attached to the top leaf, with no way to attach the ends.; Origin: Item is not dated, but likely make in the second half of the 20th century.; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.; Arabic.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Roll 1965

Collection:

Benjamin Franklin Library Fund