al-Qurʼān
- Holding institution:
- University of Michigan
- Data provider:
- University of Michigan
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān
القرآن - Date:
- [14--].
- Description:
- Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center Isl. Ms. 1047Origin: Undated though hand, decoration, paper, etc. suggest 15th century Egyptian production.Former shelfmark: "138" inscribed in pencil on recto ; "75001" inscribed in pencil on verso.Support: non-European (likely Egyptian) laid paper with roughly 8 laid lines per cm. (vertical) and chain lines seemingly grouped in threes (or twos and threes) with roughly 12-15 mm. between the chains and 35 mm. between the groups (horizontal).Decoration: Instances of the divine Names (here الله , غفور , رحيم) chrysographed ; marginal annotations rubricated ; written area surrounded by a gold frame defined by black fillets ; illuminated textual dividers in the form of gold rosettes with red accents mark the ends of verses ; marginal illumination in the form of a roundel carrying the word ثمن (thumn) in gold on a blue ground with red, gold and blue accents, marks the close of one eighth (thumn) of a ḥizb or sixtieth of the text (here the 6th thumn of the 26th ḥizb).Script: Muḥaqqaq ; carefully executed and fully vowelled.Layout: Written in 12 lines per page ; frame-ruled.Collation: Single leaf.Title supplied by cataloguer.Ms. fragment.Fragment from a Mamlūk Qur’ān, carrying Sūrat Ibrāhīm (14) verses 22 through 36 (14:22-36).
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Extent:
- 1 leaf : paper ; 411 x 311 mm.
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Format:
- Book
Manuscript/Archive
Online
Print - Same as:
- https://search.lib.umich.edu/catalog/record/010699343
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran