Exhibition: The Quran in East and West: Manuscripts and Printed Books
Item appears in the following exhibition pageThe Quran in East and West: Manuscripts and Printed Books: Qurans : Envelope Bindings Item Information Dublin CoreTitleQuran, back cover and flap
SubjectIslamic book
Descriptionblind-tooled leather binding with flap
Dateundated (between 1600 and 1800)
Languageara
IdentifierCLIO id: 4488501
Additional Item MetadataSpatial CoverageArab provinces of the Ottoman Empire
Provenancepurchased in May 1883 from the nephew of the American missionary Tillman C. Howbridge for the library of Union Theological Seminary
CitationM. Krek, "Islamic Manuscripts in North American Libraries: Part 5 - Union Theological Seminary Library," MELA Notes, no. 36 (Fall 1985), p. 5 s.v. 4
MODSKey Date1600 1800
Type of Datein
Place of OriginAnatolia or Syria
Form/Genremanuscripts
Repository Namennc-ut
Shelf LocationBurke Arabic MS 3
Notesthe label on the fore-edge section of the flap bears the rhyming title: “kalām Allāh al-qadīm wa’l-kitāb al-ʿaẓīm” (lit. an old copy of the word of God and the glorious book)
its position reflects that in the Islamic lands books were shelved lying flat with their fore edge outward for preservation reasons it was impossible to photograph the complete binding Language of Catalogingeng
Digital Originrd
CollectionArabic manuscripts collection
Still Image Item Type MetadataOriginal Formatbook with envelope binding
Physical Dimensions27 x 18 cm (board) and 27 x 56 (complete binding)
Citation“Quran, back cover and flap,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/quran/item/6163. |