al-Qurʼān.
- Holding institution:
- Columbia University, Rare Book & Manuscript Library
- Data provider:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān.
القرآن - Date:
- 17--?
- Description:
- Complete copy of the Qurʼān, written in cloudbands with ten sets of dual-page illuminations and marginal medallions some of which contain short recitation notes in Persian. Several leaves of ruled but unwritten paper precede and follow the text.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Qurʼans
Codices (bound manuscripts)
Illuminations (painting)
Lacquered bindings (Binding)
Manuscripts, Arabic--New York (State)--New York - Geographic region:
- Iran
- Provenance:
- Purchased from the Typographic Library and Museum of the American Type Founders Company in 1941.
- Extent:
- 17 long lines with shortened sūrah titles every recto, upper left corner. Catchwords every verso, lower left. Textblock is border ruled and page-opening frame ruled.
- Publisher:
- Columbia University.
- Rights:
- These images and the content of Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 319: 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, Columbia University, Rare Book Manuscript Library has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Rare Book and Manuscript Library MS Or 319: 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:
- MS Or 319
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran