Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Bibliothèque Municipale

Collection

Present shelfmark

MS 1694

Former shelfmark

Total pages

113, IV, IV' fols

Folio measures

11,5 x 11 cm

Material composition

Writing support

Parchment

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

Q. 1-44:40. Binding: 12 x 12,5 x 4,5 cm. Textblock: 7,5 x 7,5 cm. 24 lines per page. Parchment; rule of Gregory; European pagination. Gilded leather binding, in good condition; first folios darkened. Brown ink with blue, magenta; gold in headings. Ornamented opening page (only lef side). Note Lyon library: "Ce manuscrit se lit à l'envers". Meier coll. [Jacob Meier from Bremen, 1491-1552.]

Entry author

Marina Santana