Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Collection

Present shelfmark

Cod.arab. 65

Former shelfmark

Cod.or. 31

Total pages

154, I, I' fols

Folio measures

27,5 x 20.5 cm

Material composition

Writing support

Paper

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

Qurʾān. [Fragment] - BSB Cod.arab. 65.; قرآن.

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Released date

1558

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

Q: 3:87-5:84 (?). Binding: 27,5 x 21 x 4,5 cm. Surface: 27,5 x 20.5 cm. Paper with Watermarks. Textblock: 18 x 13,5 cm. 7 lines per page. Paper; chain lines 3,5 cm, 20 laid lines = 19 mm; watermark: taurus (chain lines are closer together, 2,3 cm); quaternions; in folio. With catchwords. Fols I & I' Arabic scribbles. Binding restored (Munich 1979), original cover is glued on dark leather, simple stamp: Bordure and corner pieces are made of the motif A stamp; plain circle in centre with knotwork, no pendantifs, no gold. First leaves restored; otherwise good condition. Large Maġribī Qur'ānic calligraphy. Black ink; with red (vowels), turqoise (sukkūn, šadda), green (waṣla), and ochre (hamza). Widmannstetter coll.

Entry author

Marina Santana