Description of Columbia University. MS Or 257: al-Juzʼ al-ḥādī ʻashar.

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Complete section of the Qurʼān containing the first word of 9:93 to the final word of 10:109.

Layout: 5 lines per page al-Juzʼ al-ḥādī ʻashar. الجزء الحادي عشر associated name Bakrī, al-Sayyid Muṣṭafá بكري، السيد مصطفى. former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1r al-Juzʼ al-ḥādī ʻashar. 12v Yūnus

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42 leaves : 180 x 131 (114 x 78) mm, bound to 184 x 136 mm Written in mamluk style naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized. Gold and blue illuminated title (f. 1r). Gold eight petal rosettes with reddish centers, lined in red and blue dots mark verse endings. Illuminated title Gold sūrah heading

Brown leather with flap; blind tooled central roundel and blind tooled and ruled border. Doublure of silhouette patterned paper.

Item is undated; perhaps copied in the 15th to 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 on f. 1r). Manuscripts, Arabic Qurʼans Codices Illuminations Islamic bindings (Binding) Full covers Blind tooled (decoration) Envelope flaps (features) Pastedowns Manuscripts Early works to 1800