Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Chester Bearry Library

Collection

Present shelfmark

MS. 1496

Former shelfmark

Total pages

322 fols

Folio measures

358x280 mm

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

Released date

1429

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

The Koran. 322 fols of firm paper, 12 lines to the page. The script is a splendid naskh. Folios 4b-5a are fully illuminated in blue, gold and black. The binding is fairly modern, flapped dark-red leather with an ornament. This copy was written for al-Malik al-Ashraf Barsbāy. Dated (folio 3a) 25 May 1429.

Entry author

Marina Santana