Description of Columbia University. MS Or 256: al-Juzʼ al-khāmis ʻashar.

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Complete section, containing the bismillāh and first word of 17 to the last word of 18. Folios 9 and 12 are a rewritten inserts in a different hand. A full page illumination seems to have been covered over or transferred by contact to f. 1r; small sections and a shadow are visible.

Layout: 5 lines per page al-Juzʼ al-khāmis ʻashar. [الجزء الخامس عشر] associated name Bakrī, al-Sayyid Muṣṭafá بكري، السيد مصطفى. former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v [al-Juzʼ al-khāmis ʻashar]. 1v Isrā' = Banī Isrāʾīl 19v Kahf

paper

36 leaves : 182 x 135 (112 x 80) mm, bound to 186 x 142 x 20 mm Written in mamluk style naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Surah titles in gold outlined in black. Gold eight petal rosettes with pink center lined by pink and blue dots mark verse endings. Waqf statement Gold sūrah heading Gold sūrah heading

Brown leather with flap; blind-tooled central roundel and wide frame, flap is blind tooled with coordinating design. Doublures are silhouette patterned paper.

Item is undated, but perhaps copied in the 15th to the mid-16th century.

between 1400 and 1550? Syria or Turkey? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Given as a waqf (charitable endowment) for al-Sayyid Muṣṭafá al-Bakrī (inscription dated 1161/1748, f. 1r). Manuscripts, Arabic Qurʼans Codices Islamic bindings (Binding) Full covers Envelope flaps (features) Blind tooled (decoration) Pastedowns Manuscripts Early works to 1800