Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Chester Bearry Library

Collection

Present shelfmark

MS. 1494

Former shelfmark

Total pages

202 fols

Folio measures

355x260 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

Lacunous

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

Arberry (1967). The Koran Illuminated. Handlist of the Korans in the Chester Beatty Library

Descriptive card

A large portion, containing from Sura 2:4 to Sura 66:2, with lacunae. 202 fols of firm paper, 7 lines to the page. The script is alternately a large (alif 2 cm) and a medium (alif 1,5 cm) naskh (1+5+1), 14th century. The binding is modern, red morocco.

Entry author

Marina Santana