Description of Columbia University MS Or 184: Devotional book Columbia University These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 184: Devotional book are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. To the extent possible under law, Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 184: Devotional book. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode. Manuscript codex. Title supplied by cataloger. New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 184 14835001 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1151770109 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/ms_or_184.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14835001 Devotional book chiefly containing selections from the Qurʼān including sūrat Yā Sīn, al-Fatḥ, al-Mulk, al-Nabāʼ, and al-Takāthur through al-Nās inclusive, these are followed by several individual verses and prayers; the text concludes with al-Fātiḥah and another prayer. Arabic Devotional book former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v [Devotional book].

Laid paper

 i, 40 leaves : 165 x 115 (120 x 75 ) mm, bound to 165 x 120 mm 7 long lines; catchwords every verso, lower left; border-ruled. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Headpiece in gold (now greenish), blue and pink; gold roundels mark verse endings; textblock border-ruled in wide gold; readings in red. Library bookplate Illuminated headpiece

Red leather with gilt-stamped central mandorla and two pendants on the vertical axis; gold-tooled frame. Only back board remains.

Item is undated, perhaps produced in the 18th century.

17--? Turkey? Presumed to be a gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Islam--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800 Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Illuminations (painting) Onlays (decorative components) Early works