Description
- Language(s)
-
Arabic
- Published
-
[Turkey?], [17-- or 18--].
- Summary
-
Complete copy of the Qurʼān, written in at least three hands with varying page layout; also includes six replacement pages on rougher paper (f. 55-57, 59-61).
- Note
-
Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I114.
Origin: Item is undated, but probably copied in the 18th or 19th century, perhaps in Turkey.
Shelfmark: MS Or 234.
Decoration: Matching illuminated headpieces in beige, pink and green on the first opening (f. 1v-2r). Sūrah headers in red ink. Rubrications in red. Readings in red. Verse endings marked by a red open circle or heart shape.
Script: Written in naskh and thuluth in black ink; pointed, vocalized.
Layout: 12 to 15 lines per page. Some pages, particularly near the beginning, have two lines of text in larger thuluth followed by four lines of text in smaller naskh, three lines in larger thuluth, four lines in smaller naskh and a final two lines in larger thuluth. Most pages have text of a uniform size.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Manuscript codex.
- Physical Description
-
281 foliated leaves :
laid paper, illuminations ;
210 x 145 (162 x 79) mm, bound to 210 x 150 mm
Viewability