Type of description:

From the original

Typology

Translation

Current_location

Institution

Russian State Archive of Ancient Acts

Collection

Рукописный отдел библиотеки Московского Главного архива Министерства иностранных дел

Present shelfmark

181-2-148/217

Former shelfmark

Total pages

780 fols

Folio measures

Material composition

Homogeneous

Writing support

Textual composition

Multiple text

Textual interval

Title on manuscript

Alkoran, ili Zakon magometanskii

Title position

Attributed Title

Language

Russian

Script

Cyrillic

Incipit

Incipit position

Explicit

Explicit position

Preservation state

Complete

Released date

1726

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

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/8N8N9JV3/tags/1726%20Russian%20Qur'an/collection

Descriptive card

This manuscript contains a front page with the title, followed by a translation into Russian of the introduction by Du Ryer (“To the reader” and “On the Turkish creed”). The main part of the manuscript is a translation of the Qur'an from French into Russian. At the end of the manuscript, there are three certificates received by Du Ryer for his diplomatic service (from 12 February 1633, 24 August 1632, 18 July 1632).

Entry author

Gulnaz Sibgatullina