[al-Qurʻān].

[القرآن].

Description

Related Names: 'Muḥammad al-Ḥilmī, transcriber
McGill University. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Language(s): Arabic
Published: 1240 [1824]
Subjects: Qurʼan.
Qurʼan. > Qurʼan. / Arabic.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Manuscrits arabes > Manuscrits arabes / Québec (Province) > Manuscrits arabes / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Manuscripts, Arabic / Québec (Province) > Manuscripts, Arabic / Québec (Province) / Montréal.
Québec > Québec / Montréal.
Note: According to the colophon this is the sixth copy by the transcriber.
Executed by Muḥammad al-Ḥilmī, a pupil of Muḥammad al-'Alā'ī Muḥammad 'Abd Allāh.
The Margins carry a number of corrections and the word ḥizb.
Numerous floral designs in the margins.
The codex opens with an illuminated double page frontpiece, now rubbed and damaged.
The script is characterised by the unsystematic use of tarawīs.
Test is arranged into two medallions per page within a rectangular panel.
Fully vocalized small Naskh script in black, catch words.
30 lines per page, European laid paper (watermark: lion passant guardian; C N A and I M C?).
Manuscript.
Physical Description: 306 unnumbered pages ; 18 x 12 cm
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