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 1500 and 1599?
- Description:
- Complete copy of the Qurʼān. Leaves at the beginning and end have been replaced in a similar style but different hand including the dual page illuminated opening leaves which are a later addition. Leaves missing pieces have been mended extremely neatly, see for example f. 437.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Codices (bound manuscripts)
Illuminations (painting)
Manuscripts (documents)
Qurʼans
Manuscripts, Arabic--16th century
Manuscripts, Oriental--16th century
Manuscripts, Arabic
Manuscripts, Oriental - Geographic region:
- Iran?
- Provenance:
- Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.Formerly owned by H. Kevorkian, sold by Anderson Auction Galleries, March 31-April 2, 1927 for $230 as part of The H. Kevorkian collection of Oriental Art, part 2 (note on sale catalogue leaf pasted onto the last flyleaf verso); "H. Kevorkian Collection" (bookplate on front flyleaf recto).Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
- Extent:
- 11 long lines with three lines in larger script and eight lines in smaller script arranged in the following way: one large line, four small lines, another large line, 4 small lines, a final large line; border-ruled.
- Publisher:
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department Lewis O 3: 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 Lewis O 3: 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:
- Lewis O 3
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran