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[al-Fātiḥah to al-Anʻām 165].
Library at the Katz Center - Rare Book Manuscript CAJS Rar Ms 282
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, former owner.
- Standardized Title:
- Qurʼan. Selections
- قرآن. Selections. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014107924
- Language:
- Arabic
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
- Qurʼan--Manuscripts.
- Qurʼan.
- Manuscripts.
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens.
- Genre:
- Specimens.
- Manuscripts, Arabic.
- Manuscripts, 19th century.
- Qur'ans
- illuminations (paintings)
- Manuscripts.
- Islamic bindings (Binding)
- Penn Provenance:
- Formerly owned by the Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning (library bookplate, inside front cover).
- Physical Description:
- 92 paginated leaves : paper, illuminations ; 213 x 170 (165 x 110) mm bound to 215 x 175 mm
- Place of Publication:
- [North Africa], [publisher not identified], [between 1850 and 1899?]
- Language Note:
- Arabic.
- Summary:
- Copy of the Qurʼān from the first sūrah through sūrat al-Anʻām verse 165.
- Notes:
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Foliation: Modern pagination added in pencil, upper outer corners.
- Layout: Written in 15 long lines.
- Script: Written in maghribī in dark brown ink; pointed and vocalized.
- Decoration: Illuminated polychrome marginal medallions showing text divisions; sūrah titles in red and green; green and yellow points throughout the text; vocalizations in red, readings in blue.
- Binding: Red leather over pasteboard with flap (Type II); blind stamped central diamond with blind tooled border and frame; plain paper doublure cut into a zigzag pattern along the outside edges.
- Origin: The item is undated and unsigned, but was probably copied in North Africa in the late 19th century; machine made paper.
- Cited as:
- CAJS Rar Ms 282.
- OCLC:
- 1131862102
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