Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

al-Qurʼān.
[القرآن]

Other related names

• Block, Gordon A., Jr., 1914-1973, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 1909
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977406946003681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1061859655

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Arabic

Origin

Date

between 1750 and 1850?

Summary

Miniature, octagonal copy of the Qur'ān for use as an amulet.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

146 leaves : 47 x 47 (33 x 33) mm bound to 47 x 47 mm

Foliation

Western numeral foliation in pencil added, upper left recto; no catchwords.

Support

Laid paper

Binding

Bound in thin red leather over card, cut in an octagonal shape with a gilt stamped, teardrop-shaped medallion with a flower motif, and gilt frame. Spine is loose from covers, but has been repaired by paper hinges from the doublure. Endbands in white and blue stripe in chevron pattern.

Layout

19 long lines, border-ruled.

Decoration

First opening has dual page illuminations of flowers in red, blue, and gold around al-Fātiḥah and the beginning of al-Baqarah (f. 1v-2r). On all other pages, the textblock has a cirucular border rule in gold, black, blue; sūrah titles are in gold ink; verse endings marked by a gold dot.

Script

Written in naskh using black ink; pointed and vocalized.

Provenance

• Gift of Gordon A. Block, Jr., 1966.
   

Genres

• Codices (bound manuscripts)
• Amulets
• Qurʼans
• Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century
• Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v — [al-Qurʼān].

Decorations

• fol. 1v — Dual page illumination
• fol. 2r — Dual page illumination