Manuscript
Koran
- Title:
- Manuscript
Koran - Date:
- 1000-1756
1000
1756 - Description:
-
Arabic Koran. Size 12.5 x 8.5 in and 9.5 x 6 in. Folios 294. Written in late mediocre Naskhi. 14 lines to a page. Well decorated. 6 immams. Gold and colors ruled margins. Gold titles. Cream colored paper. Handsome lacquer binding ornamented with flowers. Contents: complete text of koran.Notes : f49a: there is mentioned in margin 1170 A.D. = 1756 A.D.f293b: a Muslim prayer in Persian, of the Shia (Shiites) sect. Consequently this copy of the Koran was written by a Persian calligrapher, in Persia, and before 1756 A.D.
- Type:
- Manuscript
Koran - Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
Other Texts - Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Koran
- Coverage:
- Arabic
- Geographic region:
- Iran
- Provenance:
-
Purchased from Dimitri Andalaft, 1921
- Medium:
- Paper
Ink
Lacquer - Holding institution:
- Penn Museum
- Data provider:
- Penn Museum
- Identifier:
- 111051