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Or 2165
- Record Id:
- 032-003309717
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003309717
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028868040.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165479015.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 2165
- Title:
-
Qur'ān
- Scope & Content:
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Contains Sūrah 7:40 - Sūrah 9:96; Sūrah 10: 9 - Sūrah 39:48; Sūrah 40:63 - Sūrah 43:71
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003309717", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 2165: Qur'ān" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003309717
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003309717
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
Codex; ff. 121
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165479015.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 0700
- End Date:
- 0799
- Date Range:
- 8th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Vellum
Dimensions: 315 mm x 215 mm
Foliation: British Museum foliation in pencil
Ruling: 23-24 lines per page
Script: Mā'il script
Ink: Black ink, with Sūrah headings in red ink; red circles surrounded by red dots mark the end of every ten verses; end of each verse is indicated by six small dashes in two stacks of three in black ink.
Binding: British Museum binding
- Source of Acquisition:
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A note appears on a fly leaf at the end of the manuscript: "Bt of the Rev. Greville J. Chester, 29 Apr. 1879".
- Finding Aids:
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Rieu, Charles, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts (London: The British Museum 1894), Item 56, pp. 37-38
- Publications:
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Study:
- Déroche, François and Noseda, Sergio Noja, Sources de la transmission manuscrite du texte coranique I, Les manuscrits de style ḥiǧāzi, Volume 2, tome 1, Le manuscrit Or.2165 (f. 1 à 61) de la British Library (Lesa, 2001)
- Baker, Colin F., Qur'an manuscripts: Calligraphy, Illumination, Design (London: British Library, 2007), pp.15-18
- Exhibitions:
- Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford, 19 October 2017 - 18 February 2018
The Qur'an, World of Islam Festival, British Library, 1976 - 1976 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)