Type of description:

From a catalogue

Typology

Qur'an

Current_location

Institution

Chester Bearry Library

Collection

Present shelfmark

MS. 1612

Former shelfmark

Total pages

1 fol

Folio measures

540x338 mm

Material composition

Writing support

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

Yes

Quranic structure decoration

Quranic reading

Illustrations

Yes

Marginalia

Yes

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. One folio of linen, measuring 54x33,8 cm, made up of 60 compartments measuring 6,6x5,7 cm, each containing 31 lines continued in douuble margins. The script is a minute naskh, within borders illuminated in gold, blue and various colours, 17th century.

Entry author

Marina Santana