Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

National Library of Russia

Collection

Отдел литературы стран Азии и Африки (ОЛСАА)

Present shelfmark

Arabe 5-68

Former shelfmark

Total pages

477, VIII fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Homogeneous

Writing support

Textual composition

Single text

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

al-Qurʾān

Title position

Attributed Title

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Complete

Released date

1787

Released place

Saint Petersburg

Other dates

Other places

Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

Yes

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

Yes

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/8N8N9JV3/tags/1787_St.Petersburg_print_edition/collection

Descriptive card

This is a copy of the 1787 Qur'an edition printed in St. Petersburg upon Catherine II's request. The Russian National library has two copies: shelfmarks Arab 5-68 and Arab 5-68a. The latter's binding is torn off on one side.

Entry author

Gulnaz Sibgatullina