(Q19310)
Statements
Lewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932
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Manuscripts, Arabic--17th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--19th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--18th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--15th century
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Manuscripts, Arabic--16th century
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Qurʼans
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Codices (bound manuscripts)
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Illuminations (painting)
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Manuscripts (documents)
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Extent: 56 leaves : 125 x 190 (80 x 150) mm; parchment
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Ms. codex.
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Binding: The copy is unbound, though the individual quires are still joined. Quires are commonly 10 leaves made of 4 bifolia and 2 singletons with stubs.
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Layout: 12 long lines.
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Script: Written in a maghribi somewhat imitating Early Abbasid script, in brown ink.
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Decoration: Red and yellow dots and green double slashes indicate diacritics. Sūrah titles in yellow outlined in brown with polychrome palmette of yellow, green and blue in the margin. Some marginal headers also in brown outlined yellow. An occasional floret of yellow appears among the verses.
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Provenance: Gift of Anne Baker Lewis in 1933.
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Provenance: Formerly owned by John Frederick Lewis.
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4 December 2023
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4 December 2023
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