[al-Qurʼān].
[القرآن].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.

Standardized Title:

Qurʼan. Selections

قرآن. Selections. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014107924

Language:

Arabic

Genre:

scrolls (information artifacts)

Qur'ans

Penn Provenance:

Sold on eBay in 2014.

Physical Description:

5 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 145 x 5 cm

Place of Publication:

[after 1950?]

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

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.

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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Benjamin Franklin Library Fund.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Roll 1965.

OCLC:

1083523251

Online:

Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)