Description of Columbia University. MS Or 137: al-Juzʼ al-thāmin.

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Complete section containing the first word of 6:111 to the final word of 7:87. The donation inscription and the text appear to be in the same hand.

Arabic al-Juzʼ al-thāmin. الجزء الثامن former owner Ghalyūn, Nafīsah bint al-Ḥājj Muḥammad غليون، نفيسة بنت الحاج محمد. former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1r al-Juzʼ al-thāmin.

laid paper

28 leaves : 145 x 110 (95 x 65) mm, bound to 147 x 112 x 15 mm Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. 9 long lines. Naskh with elements of ruqʻah in black ink; fully vocalized.

Quarter bound in blue paper over pasteboard with flap; black leather spine and fore-edge hinge.

Possibly written in Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century. This copy was likely donated with others from this set in early 1800.

between 1775 and 1799 Egypt? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Formerly owned by Nafīsah bint al-Ḥājj Muḥammad al-Ghalyūn and donated to the Mosque of Zaynab bint al-Husayn (possibly the one in Cairo) during Ramaḍān 1214 (January-February 1800) (f. 1r). Manuscripts, Arabic Codices Qurʼans Envelope flaps (features) Quarter covers Manuscripts Early works to 1800