Manuscript/Mixed Material Image 1 of [Qurʼān]

Title

• [Qurʼān]

Other Title

• [قران]

Created / Published

• [18th century?]

Headings

• -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)

Notes

• -  Manuscript.
• -  Title supplied by cataloger.
• -  Scribe not identified.
• -  Written in the Caucasus?
• -  Paper; thin, cream color laid paper with horizontal laid lines and no visible chain lines or watermarks; fol. 1b and 2a elaborately decorated in gold, light blue, and red; text enclosed in an outer ruled border of a single blue line and an inner border of a blue, a very thin black and a wide gold line; gold rosettes in margins; several leaves at beginning and end have gold floral designs filling the margins; black ink with titles of sūrahs in red; catchwords.
• -  Naskh; 14 lines in written area 13 x 6.3 cm.
• -  Fol. 1b-380a.
• -  Library of Congress. Arabic manuscript, SM-87.
• -  Binding: reddish brown and black leather; marquetry designs in border in brown and black separated by gold; 5 center medallions in center section surrounded by gold and black saw-tooth design; front cover, spine and flap detached.
• -  Fihris al-makhṭūṭāt al-ʻArabīyah fi Maktabat al-Kūnghris, p. 59
• -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress website.
• -  Arabic.
• -  Conserved; 01-84-026.238 1984 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
• -  Near East 16

Medium

• 380 leaves (14 lines), paper : bound ; 17.8 x 10.5 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

• BP100 1700za

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/amedscd.2018451731

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2018451731

Online Format

• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2018451731

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