Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit

Collection

Present shelfmark

Or. 241

Former shelfmark

Ar. 241

Total pages

56, I fols

Folio measures

20.5 x 15 cm

Material composition

Writing support

Paper

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Released date

1505

Released place

Other dates

Other places

Bizerte, Great Mosque

Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Vol. 15 of 20; Q 33:31-37:144 (3 aḥzāb). Binding: 19.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm. Surface: 20.5 x 15 cm. Paper with Watermarks. Texblock: 15 x 9 cm. 9 lines per page. Inscriptions: Fol. 001r: Endowment; taḥbīs 18. Fol. 001r: Owner's Mark; Masius Fol. II ?: Owner's Mark; Masius / Raphelengius (?) Paper; three different types (watermarks: three different hands with 5 petaled flower); chain lines 3,5-4,2 cm, 20 laid lines 16-18 mm; in quarto. Binding: Traditional link stitch sewing with sewn on leather doublures, but with leather instead of cloth. Cover: "Hexagonal motif (A or B?)" is used to form the bordure, corner pieces and central motif in a plain circle. In good condition; fol. 1 restored. Large Maġribī Qur'ānic calligraphy. Black ink; with red (vowels), green (waṣla), and ochre (hamza); verse markers and abgad in ochre. Headings in ochre, same script as rasm. Endowment deed on fol. 1r (taḥbīs 18); owners: Andreas Masius (1514-1573), cf. fol. 1r; Rutger Rescius (1518-1545); then Franciscus Raphelengius (1539-1597), cf. fol. II.

Entry author

Marina Santana