MS Or 106 al-Niṣf al-thānī min juzʼ aḥad ʻashar. / النصف الثاني من جزء احد عشر
Title
al-Niṣf al-thānī min juzʼ aḥad ʻashar.النصف الثاني من جزء احد عشر
Other related names
- Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944, former owner
Call number
MS Or 106(New York, NY. 10027, Columbia University., Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University.Language
Arabic with a few statements in PersianOrigin
No date of copy, though the donation note is dated Rajab 1284 (October-November 1867) (f. 2r). Possibly copied in Iran.
- Date
- 1750?-1867
- Place
-
Iran?
Summary
Second half of section 11 in full, containing the first word of 10:26 to the final word of 11:5. This copy also contains a waqf statement and prayers to say before and after recitation.
Notes
- Manuscript codex.
- Title from headpiece (f. 2v).
- Customs stamps dated 1312 (1894-95) (f. 1r, 10v).
Extent
12 + 1 leaves : 221 x 142 (175 x 95) mm, bound to 230 x 145 mmFoliation
Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left.Support
Non-European laid paperBinding
Reddish brown leather, blind stamped with central mandorla and six pendants, four on the vertical and two on the horizontal axis, lead ruled and tooled frame. Marbled paper pastedowns.Layout
Decoration
Polychrome (red, blue, pink, orange, black, green, yellow, white) and gold illuminated headpiece (f. 2v). Textblock border-rules in red, gold, black, blue; page opening frame-ruled in black. Rubrications in red with gold and blue highlights. Gold roundels with red and blue dots mark verse endings. Surah titles in red on gold background with polychrome edge decorations. Polychrome and gold medallions in the margins.
Script
Provenance
- Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934.
Subjects topical
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian
Genres
- Codices
- Qurʼans
- Blind tooled (decoration)
- Pastedowns
- Trough-marbled paper
- Manuscripts
Licenses
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- Text
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Images
Inside front cover6900_0001.tif (56.0 MB)
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fol. 2r6900_0006.tif (57.5 MB)
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Decoration: Waqf statement
fol. 2v6900_0007.tif (54.1 MB)
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Section: al-Niṣf al-thānī min juzʼ aḥad ʻashar.
Decoration: Illuminated headpiece
fol. 6r6900_0014.tif (55.9 MB)
6900_0014_thumb.jpg (5.8 KB)
6900_0014_web.jpg (290.0 KB)
Decoration: Medallion
fol. 10r6900_0022.tif (56.0 MB)
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Decoration: Illuminated chapter heading
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