Type of description:

From the original

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Real Biblioteca del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Collection

Present shelfmark

ms. 1340

Former shelfmark

Cas. 1335, n. 1873, Codex 1203

Total pages

III, 266, III fols

Folio measures

273x190 mm

Material composition

Composite

Writing support

Paper

Textual composition

Single text

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Title position

Attributed Title

Mūlāy Zaydān's Koran

Language

Arabic

Script

Arabic

Incipit

1:1

Incipit position

2v

Explicit

114:6

Explicit position

263v

Preservation state

Complete

Released date

02/11/1599

Released place

Marrakech

Other dates

Other places

Mosque of al-Badī's Palace

Colophon

كمل بحمد الله وحسن عونه وصلى الله اولا واخرا على سيدنا ومولانا محمد وعلى اله وصحبه وسلم تسليما كثيرا... ووافق تمامه يوم الاربعاء الثالث عشر من ربيع الثاني عام ثمانية بعد الف سنة بجامع الايوان الكريم من قصور الامامة العلية...

Colophon position

263v-264r

General decoration

Yes

Quranic structure decoration

Yes

Quranic reading

Warš

Illustrations

No

Marginalia

No

Link to library catalogue

(click me)

Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/tags/Escorial%20Ms.%201340/item-list

Descriptive card

Mūlāy Zaydān's Qur'an. A complete specimen richly decorated (19 lines).

Entry author

Juan Pablo Arias