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Qur’ān, in Arabic, a copy from Aceh. f.315r: colophon in Malay: Inilah Qur'an milik Teungku Ti orang baruh duduk pada nenggeri Lam Kubu tetapi Qur'an ini diwakaf pada tangan Teungku Abdul Kadir Lam Siwi[?]akhir[?]kalam tamma, ‘This is the Qur'an belonging to Teungku Ti, from the coastal lowland...
This volume contains the Fifth Juz’ of the Qur’ān (Sūrat al-Nisā’; 4) in qazabi (rainbow) style. The text has been copied in the ṣinī style of calligraphy. The opening of the text (ff 1v-2r) and the closing (ff 55v-56r) are heavily illuminated in gold, red, blue, yellow, and green, featuring ban...