Collection ID: 0032 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Collection of prayers and selections from the Qurʼān.

Other related names

• Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner

Call number

MS Or 138
(New York, NY. 10027, Columbia University., Rare Book and Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 13616767
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1076550944
• http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/ms_or_138.html
• https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13616767

Publisher

Columbia University.

Language

Arabic

Origin

Date

17--?

Place

Turkey?

Summary

Collection of prayers, excerpts from the Qurʼān and calligraphic illuminations.

Notes

• Manuscript codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

Ii + 40 + ii leaves : 150 x 105 (90 x 60) mm, bound to 150 x 105 x 10 mm

Support

Laid paper

Binding

Brown leather with envelope flap with gold ruled border and floral central motif. Green, glossy, embossed doublure.

Layout

9 lines generally forming an oval shape, border-ruled with corner decorations; several leaves have full page calligraphic illuminations.

Decoration

Polychrome and gold floral headpiece (f. 1v); floral sprays in gold, or green and pink or red in the corners of the textblock on each leaf shape the text to an oval; textblock border-ruled in black and gold; gold roundels punctuate the text. Circular or oval calligraphic panels set into a frame of gold with pink or blue highlights and floral sprays in the corners (f. 22v-26v).

Script

Naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Calligraphic lluminations and headers in thuluth.

Provenance

• Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.
   

Subjects topical

• Prayer--Islam--Early works to 1800
• Manuscripts, Arabic

Genres

• Codices
• Prayers
• Envelope flaps (features)
• Pastedowns
• Manuscripts

Licenses

• Text

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  URL

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• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1v — [Collection of prayers and selections from the Qurʼān].

Decorations

• fol. 1v — Illuminated headpiece
• fol. 22v — Calligraphy
• fol. 23r — Calligraphy
• fol. 23v — Calligraphy
• fol. 24r — Calligraphy
• fol. 24v — Calligraphy
• fol. 25r — Calligraphy
• fol. 25v — Calligraphy
• fol. 26r — Calligraphy
• fol. 26v — Calligraphy