Item Summary

Illuminated copy of the Qurʼan from the Philippines, probably from the early part of the 19th century.

Descriptive Information

Title
[القرآن].
Transliterated Title
[al-Qurʼān].
Call Number
South Wall 17, Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 26Ge
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/7s75dm49k
Publisher
[Philippines], [19th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1800-1899
Format
Manuscript
Extent
296 leaves : paper ; 322 x 215 (220 x 14) mm bound to 322 x 225 mm.
Provenance
Acquired from Dodd, Mead and Co., New York, 1907.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Marginal notes. Inscriptions before and after the text (fol. [i]b-1a and 296b)
Collation: Paper ; fol. i (blue paper sewn to recto) + 296 + i (later paper) ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 15 lines per page ; frame-ruled in black.
Description: Rubricated ; fully vowel signs ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Opening, middle (Sūrat al-Kahf), and closing spreads written inside elaborate frame of red, black and yellow (fol. 1b-2a, 135b-136a and 294b-295a). Red and black roundels in the margins mark sections. Verses separated by red or yellow circles.
Colophon: وسلام علي المرشدين والحمد لله رب العالمين امين يا رب العالمين تمت
Binding Note
Wood covers (22 mm thick). Three separate pieces of wood (upper, lower, spine) connected with string. Red string tied to middle edge of lower cover. Upper cover broken.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
illuminated manuscripts
Wooden boards
Ties

Physical Characteristics

File Count
600

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3603cb13-3049-414f-8830-eb4b1aac2989/manifest