Description of Columbia University. MS Or 179: al-Qurʼān.

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Complete copy of the Qurʼān.

Arabic al-Qurʼān. [القرآن] former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v [al-Qurʿān]

laid paper

304 leaves : 175 x 115 (120 x 63) mm, bound to 175 x 125 x 37 mm Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left. 15 long lines; border-ruled. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Textblock is border-ruled in gold, black, red. First opening has dual-page illumination in gold, pink, blue with text in round medallion. Marginal medallions in vivid colors appear throughout and mark text divisions. Gold roundels with yellow and red dots mark verse endings. Sūrah headings in white ink on gold background. Readings in red. Dual page illumination Dual page illumination Example of polychrome ḥizb marker Example of polychrome niṣf marker Example of polychrome juz marker Floral sūrah heading Elongated floral verse marker Floral sūrah heading Floral sūrah heading Floral sūrah heading Elongated floral verse marker Elongated floral verse markers Floral sūrah heading Floral sūrah heading Floral sūrah heading Elongated floral verse marker Floral sūrah heading Illuminated finispiece

Bound in brown leather with gold tooled central diaper grid pattern with frame in rope-work design. Pink paper doublure.

Item is not dated, but likely copied in the 18th or first half of the 19th century.

between 1700 and 1850? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Manuscripts, Arabic Codices Illuminations Qurʼans Full covers Manuscripts Early works to 1800