Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Collection

Present shelfmark

Vat.ar. 205

Former shelfmark

Total pages

89, I, I' fols

Folio measures

14,5 x 20 cm1

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

Lacunous

Released date

1472

Released place

Other dates

Other places

Colophon

Colophon position

Fol. 088r

General decoration

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Vol. 2 of 2; Q. 19:7-73:20 / lacuna / Q. 76:1-114. Binding: 21 x 15,5 x 2 cm. Textblock: 9,5 x 12,8 cm. 23 lines per page. Inscription: Fol. 001ar: Owner's Mark; Knights of Malta / Borghese. Paper; misṭara. Maġribī minuscule script; black ink; with red (vowels), blue (sukkūn, šadda), green (waṣla), and yellow (hamza). Sura headings outlined in black with yellow filling; headings in Kūfī script. Belonged to the Knights of Malta and was brought to Italy by the Apostolic Delegate, Inquisitor and General Visitator on the island of Malta, Msg. Leonetto della Corbara (beginning of 17th century). Together with two prayer books, Vat.ar.237 and Vat.ar. 238.

Entry author

Marina Santana