Description of Columbia University. MS Or 330 - FOLIO: al-Qurʼān Columbia University. These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 330 - FOLIO: 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 330 - FOLIO: 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. Each leaf has been placed between sheets of loosely woven tissue through which the writing remains clearly visible. Note describing the manuscript, called No. 2, laid in. New York, NY. 10027 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 330 - FOLIO 13848512 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1097882183 http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0032/html/ms_or_330.html https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/13848512 Excerpt from the Qurʼān including the end of Āl-ʻImrān verse 85 through al-Nisāʼ verse12 (3:85-4:12). Arabic al-Qurʼān [القرآن] former owner Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944 1r [al-Qurʼān]

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 10 leaves : 324 x 263 (280 x 220) mm, bound to 310 x 245 x 7 mm 17 long lines. Written in early Abbasid new style; pointed, vocalized. Every tenth verse marked with a large rosette with a yellow center; yellow spiral shaped marginal medallions; sūrah heading in yellow; rubrications in red, including readings. Marginal medallion Text division marker Text division marker Marginal medallion Text division marker Marginal medallion Text division marker Marginal medallion Text division marker Marginal medallion Text division marker Marginal medallion Text division marker Marginal medallion Text division marker Marginal medallion Text division marker Marginal medallion Text division marker Text division marker Marginal medallion Sūrat al-Nisāʼ header Marginal medallion Marginal medallion

Bound in a plain brown modern cardboard binding with plain brown pastedowns; dark brown textile spine.

Item is undated; possibly copied in the 13th or 14th century.

12--? -13--? Gift of David Eugene Smith, 1931-1934. Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York Codices (bound manuscripts) Illuminations (painting) Manuscripts (documents) Qurʼans