Description of Columbia University. MS Or 258: al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn. Columbia University. These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 258: al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn. 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 258: al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn.. 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 from title page illumination (f. 1r). Arabic. One volume of a Qur'ān set, of which RBML holds 3 volumes under separate shelfmarks; See also MSS Or. 256 and 257. This volume is bound in a different style and lacks the same waqf inscription found in the other two volumes. New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 258 13680014 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1081299092 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/ms_or_258.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13680014 Complete section of the Qurʼān, containing the first word of 27:56 to the final word of 29:45. Lines and partial lines have been rewritten on paper and pasted onto the page, see for example, f. 9r-14r, inclusive. Layout: 5 long lines al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn. الجزء العشرون former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1v al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn. 7r Qaṣaṣ 28r ʿAnkabūt

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 38 leaves : 179 x 131 (115 x 82) mm, bound to 183 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 pink centers, lined in pink and blue dots mark verse endings. Sūrah titles in gold outlined in black. Illuminated title page Gold sūrah heading Gold sūrah heading

Red leather with flap; blind stamped central mandorla with coordinating stamp on the flap and blind ruled frame. Bright blue paper doublure.

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

between 1400 and 1550? Syria or Turkey? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Manuscripts, Arabic Early works to 1800 Qurʼans Codices Illuminations Islamic bindings (Binding) Full covers Envelope flaps (features) Blind tooled (decoration) Manuscripts