Item Summary

Qurʼan written on mulberry-bark paper.

Descriptive Information

Title
[al-Qurʼān].
Call Number
Oversize Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 190Lq
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dc2v23w648j
Publisher
[Indonesia], [17th century?]
Language
Arabic
Date Created
1600-1699
Format
Manuscript
Extent
326 leaves : mulberry bark ; 297 x 195 (195-200 x 135) mm bound to 298 x 220 mm.
Provenance
Acquired by C. G. van Hoogenhouck Tulleken (1802-1859) during an expedition to Bali in 1846 (label inside the upper cover). Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1904.
Source Acquisition
Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
References
Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1181.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Prayers and inscriptions in Arabic and Indonesian (in Pegon script) at beginning and end of text (fol. ia-1a, 325b-326b, lower pastedown).
Collation: Mulberry fiber paper ; fol. ii + 326 ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
Layout: 13 lines per page ; frame-ruled in black.
Description: Rubricated ; vowel signs ; MS in good condition.
Decoration: Opening and closing spreads have a wide border of red and black with curlicues, text, floral designs, and geometric patterns (fol. 1b-2a and 324b-325a). Some divisions marked with marginal decorations in black.
Origin: Probably from the early XVIIth century.
Binding Note
Later? type II (with flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and cornerpieces. Blind-tooled decorative edging. Multi-colored endbands. Flap edge is present; flap is missing.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Arabic—New Jersey—Princeton
illuminated manuscripts
Mulberry fiber papers
Blind tooled bindings
Headbands

Physical Characteristics

File Count
668

Institutional Information

Collection
Manuscripts of the Islamic World
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/7712bd3f-4143-400f-bdb4-04d110dc9113/manifest