(Q29017)
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Qurʼan
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Iṣfahānī, Muḥammad Muḥsin
اصفهاني، محمد محسن،
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Smith, David Eugene, 1860-1944
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Arabic with Persian translation and marginal notes
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1728.
18. century
1728
1728
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Extent: iv, 392, iii leaves : non-European laid paper, illuminations ; 242 x 152 (163 x 93) mm, bound to 248 x 160 mm
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Manuscript codex.
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Title from colophon (f. 392r).
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Foliation: Modern foliation added in pencil, upper left recto; catchwords every verso, lower left; sūrah title in red every recto, upper left.
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Layout: 22 gold-ruled lines alternating full and half height with Arabic in the full height and Persian in the half-height. Central line of each page in gold display script.
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Script: Written in naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized with translation in nastaʻlīq in red ink; pointed. Central line of each page in muḥaqqaq in gold ink; pointed, vocalized.
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Decoration: Double-page polychrome (chiefly blue, pink, red) and gold illuminated opening (f. 1v-2r). Illuminated sūrah headings in red ink on gold cartouche framed in many different polychrome patterns; marginal text division markers in gold pointed medallion shape with a blue finial surrounded by bright, multi-colored flames. Verse endings marked by four petal rosette with a green center...
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Shelfmark: MS Or 222.
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Origin: Copy completed in Ramaḍān 1140 AH (1728 CE) by Muḥammad Muḥsin al-Iṣfahānī (f. 392r), probably in Iran.
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Former shelfmark: MS X893.7 K84 I147.
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Customs stamp solar dated 1310/1932 (f. 1r, 392v). Owner's stamp in triplicate, possibly dated 1318/1900-01 (f. 392r).
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2 February 2024
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2 February 2024
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