Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Chester Bearry Library

Collection

Present shelfmark

MS. 1436

Former shelfmark

Total pages

11 fols

Folio measures

335x238 mm

Material composition

Writing support

Paper

Textual composition

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

Language

Persian

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

Yes

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 from the beginning annd end of Juz' 6. 11 fols of firm paper, 4 lines to the page. The script is tall, shafted, and very regular, fully pointed and vocalized in red. Alif is 4,3 cm high. All pages are fully decorated within gold margins. The first page is fully decorated in gold and blue. The binding is modern, red flapped leather.

Entry author

Marina Santana