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Or 15913
- Record Id:
- 032-003457056
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003457056
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100082137830.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100175444243.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Or 15913
- Title:
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Quran
- Scope & Content:
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Qur’ān, in Arabic, a copy from Daghistan.
The colophon on f. 277v, which names the scribe as Zayn al-Din and the place of writing as Sabah in Brunei, has been shown to be a later (probably modern fraudulent) addition (Gallop 2017: 120).
Text frames of 2 ruled red lines. Verse (ayah) markers are 6-petalled rosettes, stamped with black ink outlines, and the petals hand-coloured in yellow and red. Surah headings are in red on green or yellow panels with palmettes extended into the margins.
Marginal inscriptions: juz’ are marked with elaborate illuminated panels in the margin, inscribed with the juz' number; half, quarters and eighths of juz' are marked with illuminated round marginal ornaments. Wird occasionally marked (eg. f. 57v). Sajdah are marked with semi-circular ornaments.
Illuminated pages: ff. 1v-2r: decorated frames in red, yellow and green and reserved white, enclosing S. al-Fatihah;
Some marginal corrections to the text.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003457056", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Or 15913: Quran" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003457056
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003457056
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 277 folios
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100175444243.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- Early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 420 x 320 mm. 277 ff., Russian watermarked with Cyrillic letters BUFSAGP and the date 1795. 'This stands for the bumashnaia uglichskaia fabrika soderzhatelia Aleksandra Grigor’evicha Pereiaslavtseva, the Uglich paper factory of the landlord Aleksandr Grigorevich Pereiaslavtsev. Uglich is a town north of Moscow’ (Christie’s 2002: 89).
11 lines per page, black ink, in a strong, careful hand. Text block 320 x 220 mm. Catchwords (with overlining) on the verso of each folio.
Some small pieces of paper with prayers and notes, and fragments of leaves, are found between pages.
Many old paper repairs (eg. f. 93).
Binding: original brown leather binding with envelope flap, with blind-stamped corner pieces and central medallion and frames, sewn with gut thread along spine. Doublures of brown cloth.
- Custodial History:
- Christie’s, Islamic art and Indian miniatures, 14 October 1997, lot 63; Christie’s South Kensington, Islamic and Oriental works of art, 12 October 2000, lot 210 (withdrawn)
- Source of Acquisition:
- Christie’s South Kensington, Islamic and Indian works of art, 18 October 2002, lot 339
- Publications:
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A.T. Gallop, Fakes or fancies? Some ‘problematic’ Islamic manuscripts from Southeast Asia. Manuscript cultures, 2017, 10: 101-128; see pp. 116-120.
A.T. Gallop, From Caucasia to Southeast Asia: Daghistani Qur’ans and the Islamic manuscript tradition in Brunei and the southern Philippines. I-II. Manuscripta Orientalia, 14 (1), June 2008, pp. 32-56; 14 (2), December 2008, pp. 3-20
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)