BV 60 al-Qurʼān. / [القرآن]
Title
al-Qurʼān.[القرآن]
Other related names
- Usis, Felix, former owner
- Usis, Felix, donor
Call number
BV 60(Bryn Mawr, PA, Bryn Mawr College Libraries, Special Collections)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Bryn Mawr College LibrariesLanguage
ArabicOrigin
Item is undated, but likely copied in the 18th or 19th century.
- Date
- between 1700 and 1850?
Summary
Copy of most of Juzʼ 8 of the Qurʼān. The text begins with the last two words of verse 112 of al-Anʻām, and ends with the penultimate word of verse 78 of al-Aʻrāf.
Notes
- Manuscript codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
I, 25, i leaves : 263 x 170 (165 x 100) mm bound to 175 x 127 mmFoliation
Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto (1-12, 12[a]-25).Support
PaperBinding
Textblock is detached from binding. Covers are dark brown leather over pasteboard (Type III) with faint blind stamping and frame; marbled endpapers; spine has been reinforced with black textile.Layout
Decoration
Textblock border-ruled in gold and blue; gold florets with orange and blue dots mark verse endings; gold and blue circular or teardrop shaped marginal medallions mark text divisions; sūrah title in gold.
Script
Provenance
- Gift of Felix Usis in 1983; forms part of the Usis Collection.
Genres
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Manuscripts, 18th century
- Manuscripts, 19th century
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Illuminations (painting)
Licenses
-
- Text
- These images and the content of Special Collections BV 60: al-Qurʼān. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.
- URL
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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- Text
- To the extent possible under law, Bryn Mawr College, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Special Collections BV 60: al-Qurʼān.. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.
- URL
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Images
Inside front cover
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fol. 1r
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Section: [al-Qurʼān].
fol. 7r
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Decoration: Marginal medallion
fol. 12v
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Decoration: Sūrah heading
Decoration: Marginal medallion
fol. 19v
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Decoration: Marginal medallion
Inside back cover
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