Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Universitätsbibliothek

Collection

Handschriftenmagazin

Present shelfmark

Frey-Gryn A II 53c

Former shelfmark

Total pages

478, VI 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

Quranic structure decoration

Yes

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 Basel copy of the 1787 Qur'an edition printed in St. Petersburg upon Catherine II's request. The copy has an inscription: "Sumtib. Catharinae II".

Entry author

Gulnaz Sibgatullina