Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Herzog-August-Bibliothek

Collection

Present shelfmark

88 Ms. Aug. Fol

Former shelfmark

Total pages

38, III, IV' fols

Folio measures

26,5 x 20 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

Released place

Other dates

Other places

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. 3 of 12; Q. 7-9:83 (5 aḥzāb). Surface: 26,5 x 20 cm. Paper with Watermarks. Textblock: 21 x 14 cm. 15 lines per page. Inscription: Fol. 001r: Tunis Booty; Raphelengius / Golius. Paper, chain lines 2,3 cm, 20 laid lines = 22 mm; watermark: hands with 5-petaled flower; second part different paper with hand-watermark; in folio. Foliation on verso. Binding restored; llued leather doublure with cut hinges; leather turn-ins cover the doublure (sewn stitches = restoration ?). Cover: Bordure stamped with Motif (A-B) corner pieces derive from little crosses, gold dot; central mdeallion with knotwork with pendants (same on flap), groups of gold dots punched in 8 groups of three. In good condition; leaves are loose, greyish... Maġribī Qur'ānic calligraphy. Black ink; with red (vowels), blue (sukkūn, šadda), green (waṣla), and ochre (hamza); verse markers and abgad in ochre. No headings, space left blank. Tunis booty; cf. fol. 1r; Herzog August, acqu. 1658/9. Notes by Golius or Raphelengius, cf. fol. 1r.

Entry author

Marina Santana