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Or 16127

Record Id:

032-003457069

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003457069

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Or 16127

Title:

Quran

Scope & Content:

Qur’ān, in Arabic, a copy from Daghistan.

The colophon on f. 498r names the scribe as 'Murad, the scribe of large Qur'ans' (al-kātib al-muṣaḥif al-‘azam)and the date of AH 1192 (1778/9 AD).

No text frames. Verse (ayah) markers are black circles filled with red pigment, 8 mm diameter. Surah headings are in red, sometimes flanking or flanked by final words of preceding surah, set in attractive rectangular frames against coloured grounds, with palmettes in red and green extending into the margin.

Contents:

ff. 1v-2r: prayers in black, red and green ink; ff. 2v-497r: text of the Qur’an (but on f.126v, facing the start of S. al-A‘rāf, is a page of notes); f. 497r: colophon, set in an illuminated cartouche; ff. 497v-498r explanatory diagrams; ff.498v-499v: prayers.

Marginalia:

juz’ are marked vertically in red ink, set within illuminated cartouches with silver borders (now tarnished) and floral finials at either end; eg. 202r. Instructions to the illuminator are occasionally visible, with a small jim marked on the edge of the page (f. 348r). The start of each juz’ originally had a silk bookmark attached to the fore-edge, remnants of green silk are still visible on f.185; nisf al-juz marked plainly in black ink; wird marked in red ink enclosed within a coloured semi- or demi-circular frame; sajdah marked in red ink and set within a variety of medallions; every 10 verses (‘ashrah) marked with uninscribed concentric coloured medallions with small pyramidal flourishes at the four cardinal points, some with floral finials above and below, there is asmall black ink ‘ayn on the edge of the page for the benefit of the illuminater

lluminated pages: ff. 2v-3r: enclosing S. al-Fatihah, double decorated frames;ff. 3v-4r: beginning of S. al-Baqarah, double headpiece; ff. 253v-254r: double decorated frames;f. 497r: prayer on completion of the Qur’an, set in an illuminated cartouche with triple scrollsff. 497v-498r: illustrated diagrams of the four schools of law

Some marginal corrections to the text.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

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032-003457069

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

499 folios

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Arabic

Scripts:

Arabic

Start Date:

1778

End Date:

1778

Date Range:

1778

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 430 x 330 mm. 499 ff., strongly burnished paper.

10 lines per page, black ink, in a strong, bold, hand. Text block 325 x 220 mm. Catchwords (with overlining) on the verso of each folio.

This is a very well used manuscript, with much soiling along edges of leaves, and losses and old repairs (some with lined or graph paper), especially to corners. There are many corrections to the text: on a small piece of paper pasted over (f.339r), crossed out in ink (f.348r), or wiped out with water (f.435v).

Binding: original brown full leather Islamic binding with envelope flap, with concentric ruled frames with small punched circles, and four stamped central medallions and corner pieces; and diagonal lines through the corners of the concentric ruled frames. Sewn repair along spine. One of the pasted-down endpapers has printed Cyrillic script on the reverse; partly lined with coarse canvas.

Because each folio is a single sheet, which is glued along a small overlap to form bifolia, the spine is very much thicker than the rest of the manuscript.

Source of Acquisition:

Christie’s King St, 26 April 2005, Islamic Art & Manuscripts, lot 42.

Publications:

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)