Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Chester Bearry Library

Collection

Present shelfmark

MS. 1625

Former shelfmark

Total pages

Folio measures

Material composition

Writing support

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

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

The Koran in the form of a scroll. The scroll measdures 10,1 cm wide, the firm paper being mounted on blue cloth. The script is a minute naskh within gold margins, illuminated throughout in gold, blue and various colours. Each Sura being introduced by an ornament. The script at times forms patterns Koranic text exhibiting many styles of calligraphy, 14th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana