[al-Qurʼān].
[القرآن].

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Contributor:

• Camac, William, 1829-1900, former owner.

Standardized Title:

• Qurʼan.
• قرآن.

Language:

Arabic

Genre:

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• illuminations (paintings)
• Qur'ans

Penn Provenance:

• Formerly owned by William Camac; bequeathed to the University of Pennsylvania in the Camac Memorial Collection; received in 1904.

Physical Description:

198 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 100 x 60 (73 x 36) mm bound to 100 x 62 mm.

Place of Publication:

[between 1775 and 1825?]

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

Small copy of the Qur'ān; complete except for first folio and covers; begins with Sūrat al-Baqarah (The Cow) 1 (2:1).

Notes:

• Ms. codex.
• First folio missing; would have held Sūrat al-Fātiḥah (The Opening).
• Foliation: Western numeral foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; catchwords on every verso, lower left.
• Layout: 21 long lines with border rules.
• Script: Written in naskh using black ink.
• Decoration: Sūrah titles rubricated and framed in gold; textblock ruled in gold, black, blue; page openings framed in gold and black rules; gold roundels at end of each verse; text partitions noted in red in the margins; first opening shows half of a double page illumination in gold, red, blue with text on cloudbands (f. 1r).
• Binding: Covers are missing; spine is dark brown leather.
• Origin: Likely copied in the late 18th or early 19th century.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1917.

OCLC:

1059578373