[al-Qurʼān].
[القرآن].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Block, Gordon A., Jr., 1914-1973, former owner.

Standardized Title:

Qurʼan.

قرآن.

Language:

Arabic

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

amulets

Qur'ans

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Gordon A. Block, Jr., 1966.

Physical Description:

146 leaves : laid paper, illuminations ; 47 x 47 (33 x 33) mm bound to 47 x 47 mm.

Place of Publication:

[between 1750 and 1850?]

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

Miniature, octagonal copy of the Qur'ān for use as an amulet.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Western numeral foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; no catchwords.

Layout: 19 long lines, border-ruled.

Script: Written in naskh using black ink; pointed and vocalized.

Decoration: First opening has dual page illuminations of flowers in red, blue, and gold around al-Fātiḥah and the beginning of al-Baqarah (f. 1v-2r). On all other pages, the textblock has a cirucular border rule in gold, black, blue; sūrah titles are in gold ink; verse endings marked by a gold dot.

Binding: Bound in thin red leather over card, cut in an octagonal shape with a gilt stamped, teardrop-shaped medallion with a flower motif, and gilt frame. Spine is loose from covers, but has been repaired by paper hinges from the doublure. Endbands in white and blue stripe in chevron pattern.

Origin: Probably copied in the mid-18th to mid-19th century.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1909.

OCLC:

1061859655