al-Juzʼ al-ʻishrūn
Contributors: Muslim World Manuscripts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published: 1400
Place of publication: Syria or Turkey?]
Language: ara
Number of pages: 38
Subjects: Arabic Manuscripts; Qurʼan
Work titles: Qurʼan. Selections
Description: Complete section of the Qurʼān, containing the first word of 27:56 to the final word of 29:45. Lines and partial lines have been rewritten on paper and pasted onto the page, see for example, f. 9r-14r, inclusive.
Notes: Manuscript codex.

Title from title page illumination (f. 1r).

Arabic.

Script: Written in mamluk style naskh in black ink; pointed, vocalized.

Decoration: Gold and blue illuminated title (f. 1r). Gold eight petal rosettes with pink centers, lined in pink and blue dots mark verse endings. Sūrah titles in gold outlined in black.

Origin: Item is undated, perhaps copied in the 15th to mid-16th centuries.

One volume of a Qur'ān set, of which RBML holds 3 volumes under separate shelfmarks; See also MSS Or. 256 and 257. This volume is bound in a different style and lacks the same waqf inscription found in the other two volumes.

Shelfmark: MS Or 258.

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Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Libraries, 2020. Digitized as part of the Muslim World Manuscripts Project, 2018-2021, funded by CLIR.

Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials. Version 1. December 2002. Digital version conforms to: http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Layout: 5 long lines.

Red leather with flap; blind stamped central mandorla with coordinating stamp on the flap and blind ruled frame. Bright blue paper doublure.

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