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 1683
- Description:
- Complete copy of the Qurʼān.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century
Manuscripts, Oriental--17th century
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Illuminations (painting)
Qurʼans - Provenance:
- Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.Formerly owned by Johann Christian Schwohe (inscription, front flyleaf 2v). The full inscription reads: "Dieser Alcoran ist Ao. 1683. bey dem Entsatz der Stadt Wien von dem H. Haubtmann Baron v. Posadowsky erbeutet, und hernach bey dessen Zurückkunft meinem seligen Vater, weyl. H. Christian Schwohe, Diaconu bey der (Bergischen) Pfarrkirche, und Professori des dasigen Gymnasio verehret worden, welches ich attestire Johann Christian Schwohe Diaconus prius in Stade und Pastor in Friedensdorf.".Formerly owned by Mrs. Riddell, probably Maria Riddell (1772 - 1808) (inscription, back flyleaf 3r, with a note on back flyleaf 2v mentioning that she was a friend of Robert Burns (1759-1796).Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
- Extent:
- 15 long lines, border-ruled.
- Publisher:
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department Lewis O 7: 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 7: 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 7
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran