[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)

illuminations (paintings)

Qur'ans

Penn Provenance:

Gift of Gordon A. Block, Jr. (bookplate inside upper cover), 1966.

Physical Description:

224 leaves : paper, illuminations ; 113 x 70 (85 x 41) mm bound to 116 x 75 mm.

Place of Publication:

[between 1700? and 1723]

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

Small, complete copy of the Qur'ān in very good condition.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Western numeral foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; catchwords on verso, lower left.

Layout: 20 long lines, border-ruled.

Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. A few marginal notes in nastaʻliq in black ink.

Decoration: Polychrome decoration in vivid red, blue, and gold. Dual-page illumination with knotwork design text border and page frame on first opening (f. 1v-2r). Sūrah titles in red on gold background with red and blue accents; gold diamonds with red crosses mark verse endings; polychrome medallions in the margins mark text divisions (juzʼ). The entire text is written in the suggestion of cloudbands, gold between each line. Textblock has double border-rules in gold and black; page opening is framed in black.

Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard (Type III). Outside covers have gilt stamped frame, mostly effaced. Doublure in thin, reddish leather. Endbands in purple and white thread with a chevron pattern.

Origin: Item is not dated, but an inscription has the date 22 Ramadan [1]135 (June 26, 1723) (f. 68r).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1907.

OCLC:

1083523134