Quran, double page section from the sūrat al-Naḥl, colophon, cover

Islam

incomplete copy of the Quran that begins with verse 2:17

1849 to 1850 (1266 HIJRA)

Muṣṭafā Ṣifat al-Qunawī

ara

CLIO id: 4488501

Ottoman Empire

unknown

M. Krek, "Islamic Manuscripts in North American Libraries: Part 5 - Union Theological Seminary Library," MELA Notes, no. 36 (Fall 1985), p. 4 s.v. 2

1849 1850

exact

Ottoman Empire

manuscripts

nnc-ut

Burke Arabic MS 5

the scribe names himself in the dated colophon
no marginal notes
neither seal impressions nor ownership notes

reference:
Christopher de Hamel, Cutting up Manuscripts for Pleasure and Profit, Charlottesville, Va. 2000

Physical Description of item from which images are taken: no endpapers
3 detached flyleaves: 1 at the beginning and 2 at the end
301 fols. with pencilled foliation in western numerals
at least 2 fols. of the original textblock are missing at the beginning (that is: verses 1:1 - 2:16)
manuscript is too tightly bound to determine the gatherings
machine-made wove paper
17.8 x 11.8 cm
rubrication
illumination
blind-tooled and gilt-painted leather binding with flap that is contemporary with the textblock

eng

rd

Arabic manuscripts collection

book with envelope binding

18 x 12 x 3 cm (textblock)
18 x 12 cm (board) and 18 x 35 cm (complete binding)