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A fragment of the Koran containing Sūrahs IX:94-XI:10, equating to juzʼ 11 and the first 5 verses of juzʼ 12.
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Item Summary
A fragment of the Koran containing Sūrahs IX:94-XI:10, equating to juzʼ 11 and the first 5 verses of juzʼ 12.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [al-Qurʼān. Sūrah 9:94-11:10]
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 592H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcqn59qf64f
- Publisher
- [12--?]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1200-1299
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 41 leaves : parchment ; 115 x 95 (77 x 63) mm. bound to 112 x 105 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, A.D. 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1179A.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Collation: Parchment ; fol. i + 41 ; foliation using Hindu-Arabic numerals ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 8 lines per page.
- Description: Written in late Kūfī script ; use of red ; MS in good condition. Corners damaged.
- Origin: MS probably belongs to the early part of the XIIIth century.
- Ending: بعد ضرا مسته ليقولون ذهب السيات عنى انه لفرح فخور
- Beginning: انما السبيل على الذين يسبذنونك وهم اغنيا رضوا بان يكونوا مع الخوالف ...
- Binding Note
- Later type III (without flap) binding in brown leather. Blind-tooled frame. Upper cover badly damaged.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 92
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/004af91c-123e-4d1d-9fc9-97391a028f3d/manifest