[Qurʼān leaves]

Name:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Date:

1550

Description:

Two leaves from the same Qurʼān, though not continuous. Leaf 1 contains the last two words of verse 5 of al-Takāthur (102) through the first two words of verse 6 of al-Humazah (104) . Leaf 2 contains all of al-Kāfirūn (190) except the bismillāh, to the penultimate word of verse 4 of al-Masad (111), called Tabbat yadā here.

Language:

Arabic

Provenance:

Acquired between 2012 and 2016; accessioned 2018.

Relation:

Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0002/html/misc_mss_box24_fldr4.html

Form/Genre:

Detached leaves; Excerpts; Manuscripts, Arabic; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

2 leaves : paper; 230 x 160 (190 x 120) mm.

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. leaf.; Arabic.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Western numeral foliation in pencil added, upper left recto.; Layout: 7 long lines, border-ruled.; Script: Written in naskh in black ink, pointed, vocalized. Headers in thuluth.; Decoration: Textblock is border-ruled in double red. Sūrah headers are in gold thuluth outlined in black. Gold lobed roundels with blue and red dots mark verse endings. Readings marked in red.; Origin: Probably copied in the 16th or 17th century, place unknown.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Misc Mss Box 24 Folder 4

Collection:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts