Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Chester Bearry Library

Collection

Present shelfmark

MS. 1416

Former shelfmark

Total pages

33 fols

Folio measures

11,5x17,8 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

Yes

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Arberry (1967). The Koran Illuminated. Handlist of the Korans in the Chester Beatty Library

Descriptive card

A fragment containing from 2:254 to 3:88. 33 fols of firm vellum, 5 lines to the page. The script is thick and regular; vowels are marked in red, black, blue and yellow, and some diacritical points have been added. Alif is 2 cm high. The first and last paged are illuminated in gold. The binding is fairly modern, black leather. The script is similar to that of MS. 1407.

Entry author

Marina Santana