Type of description:

From the original

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Biblioteca Nacional de España

Collection

Present shelfmark

Ms. 5227

Former shelfmark

Total pages

II, 325, II fols

Folio measures

191x140 mm

Material composition

Homogeneous

Writing support

Paper

Textual composition

Single text

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Alcorano

Title position

Spine

Attributed Title

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

1:1

Incipit position

1v

Explicit

114:6

Explicit position

325r

Preservation state

Complete

Released date

Released place

Other dates

Other places

Archdiocese of Bar, Toledo Cathedral

Colophon

No

Colophon position

General decoration

No

Quranic structure decoration

Yes

Quranic reading

Ḥafṣ

Illustrations

Yes

Marginalia

Yes

Link to library catalogue

(click me)

Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

A complete copy of an Oriental Qur'an (13 lines). Some folios have been repaired and they are written in a slightly different handwriting.

Entry author

Juan Pablo Arias,Patricia Díaz