MS Or 271 - FOLIO al-Qurʼān. / [القرآن]
Title
al-Qurʼān.[القرآن]
Other related names
- Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936, former owner
Call number
MS Or 271 - FOLIO(New York, NY. 10027, Columbia University., Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Alternate identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University.Language
ArabicOrigin
The item is undated, perhaps copied in the 19th century.
- Date
- 18--?
- Place
-
Iran?
Summary
Complete copy of the Qurʼān, written onto gold sprinkled paper with five larger lines per page between four sets of seven smaller lines.
Notes
- Manuscript codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
Extent
Vii, 62, viii leaves : 336 x 220 (280 x 163) mm, bound to 345 x 229 mmSupport
Laid paperBinding
Red leather over pasteboard; blind tooled interior and exterior frame with diagonal lines connecting the corners between them; marbled paper pastedowns.Layout
Decoration
Dual page illuminated first opening in blue, gold, orange (f. 1r-2v); gold foliate marginal fill on every page; textblock border-ruled in orange, blue, gold; pages gold-sprinkled; larger lines alternating red on a white field and black on a gold field; marginal section divisions and some sūrah titles in white ink on a gold field. The final page is gold-sprinkled, ruled and decorated, but unwritten (f. 62v).
Script
Provenance
- Gift of George Arthur Plimpton, 1936 (bookplate inside front and back covers).
Subjects topical
- Manuscripts, Arabic
Genres
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
- Illuminations (painting)
- Qurʼans
- Manuscripts (documents)
- Blind tooled (decoration)
Licenses
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- Text
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- URL
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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- Text
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- URL
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Decorations
- Inside Front Cover — Bookplate: "George A. Plimpton"
- fol. 1v — Dual page illumination
- fol. 1v — Foliate marginal fill (every page)
- fol. 2r — Dual page illumination
- Inside back cover — Bookplate: "George A. Plimpton"
Images
Inside Front Cover
9188_0001.tif (99.9 MB)
9188_0001_thumb.jpg (5.9 KB)
9188_0001_web.jpg (491.4 KB)
Decoration: Bookplate: "George A. Plimpton"
fol. 1v
9188_0025.tif (101.1 MB)
9188_0025_thumb.jpg (6.2 KB)
9188_0025_web.jpg (458.3 KB)
Section: [al-Qurʼān].
Decoration: Dual page illumination
Decoration: Foliate marginal fill (every page)
fol. 2r
9188_0026.tif (99.9 MB)
9188_0026_thumb.jpg (6.1 KB)
9188_0026_web.jpg (446.8 KB)
Decoration: Dual page illumination
Inside back cover
9188_0164.tif (101.0 MB)
9188_0164_thumb.jpg (5.8 KB)
9188_0164_web.jpg (492.3 KB)
Decoration: Bookplate: "George A. Plimpton"