Selections from the Qurʼān.
- Holding institution:
- Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- Selections from the Qurʼān.
- Creator:
- Free Library of Philadelphia. Rare Book Department. John Frederick Lewis collection of Oriental Manuscripts
- Date:
- between 1500 and 1599?
- Description:
- Several incomplete Sūras of the Qurʼān. Selections from the following are included: al-Anfāl (8), al-Tawbah (9), al-Muʼminūn (23), al-Nūr (24), al-Furqān (25).
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic--16th century
Manuscripts, Oriental--16th century
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Manuscripts (documents)
Qurʼans - Geographic region:
- Iran?
- Provenance:
- Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.Formerly owned by James Bassett, "Purchased for me in Tehran A. D. 1878. J. Bassett", probably James Bassett a Presbyterian missionary working in Iran until 1885 (note inside back cover).Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
- Extent:
- 4 long lines, frame ruled.
- Publisher:
- Free Library of Philadelphia
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book Department RBD Lewis O 19: Selections from the 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 19: Selections from the 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 19
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World