al-Qurʼān. (DS4247) (Q19532)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis O165, Lewis O165)
- القرآن
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | al-Qurʼān. (DS4247) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Free Library of Philadelphia (Lewis O165, Lewis O165) |
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Istirābādī, Muḥammad Jaʻfar ibn Muḥammad Ṣādiq, active 1739
استرابادى، محمد جعفر بن محمد صادق،
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Muhammad Ali Khan, Umdat al-Mulk Anwar al-Din, Nawab of Arcot, 1717 or 1718-1795
محمد على خان، عمدة الملك انوار الدين،
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Ogg, Samuel William, Major-General, -1828
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Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843
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Goldsmid, Isaac L. 1778-1859
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Bement, Clarence S. 1843-1923
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manuscripts (documents)
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Qur'ans
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codices (bound manuscripts)
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Islamic bindings (Binding)
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Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century
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Manuscripts, Oriental--18th century
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Extent: ii, leaves : 275 x 160 (180 x 80) mm, bound to 277 x 170 mm; paper
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Ms. codex.
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Title from colophon (f. 497r).
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Binding: Bound in reddish leather over pasteboard with gilt-stamped central mandorla, two pendants on the vertical axis and cornerpieces; gold painted foliate border; red leather doublure.
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Layout: Written in 22 long lines, 11 larger lines of Arabic and 11 smaller lines of Persian; line and border-ruled.
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Script: Written in naskh and nastaʻlīq in black ink, pointed and vocalized.
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Decoration: Dual-page illuminated first opening in four registers in blue and gold, text on cloudbands, red, pink and gold marginal fill with blue finials (f. [1]v-[2]r); gold foliate marginal fill (f. [2]r-[3]v); textblock border-ruled in gold with line rules in gold; page-opening frame-ruled in red; readings in red; sūrah titles in white on gold background cartouche sometimes with ends...
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Provenance: Commissioned by the Nawwāb Muḥammad ʻAlī Khān in Arcot for his son Jaʻfar (f. 497r).
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Provenance: Formerly owned by the Duke of Sussex, Augustus Frederick (bookplate, inside back cover) and given to his library by Major-General Samuel Ogg who acquired it at a public sale of effects of the capture of the fort of Seringapatam (Bibliotheca Sussexiana, part 1, volume 1, p. 337).
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Provenance: Sold at the Sussex sale to Isaac L. Goldsmid.
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Provenance: Formerly owned by Clarence S. Bement (bookplate inside front cover).
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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