Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Collection

Present shelfmark

Vat.ar. 219

Former shelfmark

Total pages

26, I, I' fols

Folio measures

21.5 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

1477

Released place

Ranaldi Inventory

Other dates

Other places

Tunis

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. 10 of 20: Q. 16:51-18:74 (3 aḥzāb). Binding: 23 x 15,5 x 2 cm. Surface: 21.5 x 15 cm. Paper with Watermarks. Textblock: 16.5 x 10.5 cm. 11 lines per page. Patron: Abū 'Abd Allāh Muḥammad al-Mu'ḏḏin al-Gassanī. Fol. 002r: Endowment; taḥbīs 16. Paper, marks not discernible (scissors?); ruled: misṭara; in quarto; tertion and quinions. Some water damage: paper restored; otherqwise in good condition. Maġribī . Blown ink; with magenta (vowels) and yellow (hamza). Endowment deed to possibly Ḥafṣid institution on fol. 2r (taḥbīs 16). Patron or Donator: Abū 'Abd Allāh Muḥammad al-Mu'ḏḏin al-Gassanī. In the Ranaldi Inventory (second half 16th century): n.39 or 46?

Entry author

Marina Santana