Penn Museum 2003-72-254B Leaves from the Qurʼān and the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī
Title
Leaves from the Qurʼān and the Maqāmāt of al-ḤarīrīAuthors
- Ḥarīrī, 1054-1122
حريري،
Other related names
- Commercial Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.), former owner
Call number
Penn Museum 2003-72-254B(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
ArabicOrigin
Item is undated, probably produced in the 19th century; machine-made paper.
- Date
- between 1850 and 1899?
- Place
-
Senegal?
Summary
Loose leaf copy of a small portion of the Qurʼān, 9 leaves, verses 87-185 of al-Baqarah (2:87-185) along with 4 leaves containing portions of the first Maqāmāh of al-Ḥarīrī.
Notes
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Dimensions of original manuscript: 260 x 200 (200 x 160) mm.
Extent
1 online resource (13 loose leaves)Foliation
Leaves are unfoliated and loose; catchwords every verso, lower left.Binding
Unbound; loose leaves.Layout
Decoration
Rubrications in red; on the leaves of the Qurʼān, marginal medallions made of sets of parallel red lines show text divisions; readings and vocalizations in red.
Script
Provenance
- Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003.
Subjects topical
- Arabic prose literature--11th century
- Arabic prose literature--12th century
Genres
- Fascimiles
- Detached leaves
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Manuscripts, 19th century
Licenses
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- Text
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