Description of Columbia University MS Or 253: al-Qurʼān Columbia University These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 253: al-Qurʼān 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 253: al-Qurʼān. 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. Customs stamp solar dated 1312 (1934 CE) (f. 1r, 503v). Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I122. New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 253 14835029 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1151770964 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/ms_or_253.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/14835029 Complete copy of the Qurʼān with space for interlinear translation, though only one page has translation (f. 250r). Arabic with one page translated into Persian al-Qurʼān [القرآن] former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v [al-Qurʼān]

Laid paper

 iii + 503 leaves : 195 x 124 (142 x 77) mm, bound to 202 x 125 mm 12 long lines; catchwords every verso lower left; border-ruled. Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized; one page with nastaʻlīq in red ink; pointed. Gold and polychrome illuminated double-page openings at the beginning, middle, and end (f. 1v-2r, 227v-228r, 502v-503r); gold roundels mark verse endings; marginal medallions in gold mark text divisions; textblock border-ruled in black, red, blue, beige; lines ruled in beige; page-opening frame-ruled in blue; sūrah headings, readings, and rukūʻ markers in red. Library bookplate Stamp Notation in ink Description of manuscript in pencil Customs stamp Dual page illumination Dual page illumination Example of marginal medallion Example of sūrah heading Dual page illumination Dual page illumination Dual page illumination Dual page illumination Customs stamp

Brown leather (Type III) with blind-tooled central star made of four intersecting lines; blind-tooled frame; gold-tooled frame; green and black marbled doublure.

Item is undated; possibly produced in the 18th or 19th century.

17--?-18--? Iran or India? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Formerly owned by an ʻĪsá in the year 13[--] AH (stamp in ink, first front flyleaf recto). Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Manuscripts, Persian--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Qurʼans Illuminations (painting) Blind tooled (decoration) Full covers