al-Qurʼān
- Holding institution:
- Penn Museum
- Data provider:
- Penn Museum
- Title:
- al-Qurʼān
القرآن - Date:
- A.H. 559 (1164)
- Description:
- Seljuk illuminated copy of the Qurʼān with interlinear gloss and three reference tables.
- Language:
- Arabic
- Type (Narrower):
- Manuscripts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Arabic
Manuscripts, 12th century
Fascimiles
Qurʼans
Illuminations (painting)
Specimens
Annotations (Provenance)
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts - Geographic region:
- Hamadhān
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Dimitri Andalaft in 1919.Formerly owned by Aḥmad Jāwīsh and donated by him as a waqf (pious endowment) to Jāmiʻ al-Azhar (Cairo) in the time of Muḥammad ibn Sālim al-Ḥifnī (Shaykh of Al-Azhar Mosque in 1757-1767) (waqf inscription, p. 3).
- Extent:
- 17 long lines with gloss written diagonally between the lines; border-ruled.
- Publisher:
- University of Pennsylvania
- Rights:
- Images are ©2019 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License version 4.0 (CC-BY-2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.
Metadata is ©2019 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. - Identifier:
- Penn Museum NEP27
- Is part of:
- OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World
- Exhibit tags:
- mss_quran