[al-Qurʼān].
[القرآن].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Contributor:

Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund.

Bloomsbury Auctions (Firm), seller.

Standardized Title:

Qurʼan.

قرآن.

Language:

Arabic

Genre:

Manuscripts, Arabic

Manuscrtipts, 19th century

codices (bound manuscripts)

illuminations (paintings)

Qur'ans

Penn Provenance:

Purchased from Bloomsbury, Friday 30 October 2020, lot 84.

Physical Description:

333, ii leaves : paper, illuminations ; 291 x 183 (215 x 115) mm bound to 287 x 210 mm.

Place of Publication:

[Indonesia?], [between 1700 and 1899?]

Language Note:

Arabic.

Summary:

Complete copy of the Qur'ān with three sets of dual-page illuminated page surrounds. One page is copied twice, once upside down with a mostly blank facing page; there is no text missing.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Unfoliated; catchwords on every verso, lower left.

Layout: Written in 15 long lines with border rules.

Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.

Decoration: Sūrah titles in red ink, framed in gold; textblock ruled in two lines and red and one of black; gold roundels at end of each verse; readings marked in red; text partitions noted in the margins in red; double page illuminated text surrounds in red, white and black (f. [1]v-[2]r, [168]v-[169]r, [332]v-[333]r).

Binding: Brown leather over pasteboard with flap on the front cover (Type II); stamped with blind stamped central mandorla, pendants, cornerpieces, frame, and border; plain paper doublure.

Origin: The item is undated and unsigned; possibly 18th or 19th century.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund.

Cited as:

UPenn Oversize Ms. Codex 2047.

OCLC:

1237600119