al-Qurʼān.
- Holding institution:
- Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān.
القرآن - Creator:
- Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis collection of Oriental Manuscripts
- Date:
- between 1600 and 1899?
- Description:
- Complete copy of the Qurʼān, except for half of verse 134 in Ṭā Ḥā. Copied on loose leaves of laid, watermarked European paper, decorated in red and yellow and kept between boards in a wrap and satchel. The boards have some recitation suggestions written on them. Two leaves with most of Muʼminūn verses 47 to 65 laid in; the leaves are in a different hand and do not replace missing text.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Illuminations (painting)
Manuscripts (documents)
Qurʼans
Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century
Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century
Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century - Geographic region:
- North Africa?
- Provenance:
- Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.Sold at Sotheby's in Dec. 1910 (catalog entry pasted into the inside of the wrap).Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis (bookplate inside wrapper).
- Extent:
- 15 long lines.
- Publisher:
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department RBD Lewis O 02: 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, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book Department RBD Lewis O 02: 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. - Identifier:
- RBD Lewis O 02
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran