Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier

Collection

Present shelfmark

MS 11.243

Former shelfmark

Total pages

89 fols

Folio measures

25 x 19 cm

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

Released place

Other dates

Other places

Colophon

Colophon position

General decoration

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Marginalia

Link to library catalogue

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Bibliographical references

Descriptive card

Vol. 9 of 12; Q. 29:46-37:144 (5 aḥzāb). Binding: 25.5 x 19.5 x 7? cm. Surface: 25 x 19 cm. Paper with Watermarks. Textblock: 15 x 10 cm. 9 lines per page. Paper, chain lines 3 cm, 20 laid lines = 19 mm; watermark: hand with 5-petaled flower; quaternions; in folio. Binding has fallen apart, separate from textblock, no flap; not bound anymore. Cover: Bordure stamped with Motiv A/B design, The central motiv in plain circle, the two medallions and trhe corner pieces are all made of the same simple knowork; gold dot punches. Condition good (except cover). Large Maġribī Qur'ānic calligraphy. Black ink; with red (vowels), blue (sukkūn, šadda), green (waṣla), and yellow (hamza); opening heading illuminated in gold in ṯuluṯ script. Sura headings in Kūfī script, in yellow ink with red shadows (3D effect). Mons, Collège des Jésuites, cf. fol. 1r.

Entry author

Marina Santana