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[al-Qurʼān] Manuscript

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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]

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An Ottoman region manuscript Qur'an from the 18th century.

Manuscript codex.

Modern foliation in pencil added, upper left recto and upper right verso; catchwords every verso, lower left.

13 long lines; frame-ruled.

Collation: Paper, 352. Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.

Written in Naskh in black and red ink.

Polychrome and gold illuminated frontispiece (f. 1v-2r) with text in cloudbands. Polychrome and gold chapter headings. Gold roundels mark verse endings. Border-rules and page-frame ruled in gold. Polychrome and gold marginal medallions.

Copy completed in Muḥarram 1143 A.H. (1730 CE) by Dirīsh Muḥammad ibn Mūsá (p. 724).

Dark brown leather binding with medallions and gold decoration.

قرآن.

Purchased from Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps and Books, August 1, 2017.

Processed in 2021 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services.

Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services
Finding Aid Date
August 2023
Access Restrictions

Open for research.

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The al-Qurʼān Manuscript is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The work is in the public domain. Please include a complete citation in your work..

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