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Koran/Qur'an (Arabic)
- Date
- n.d. [ca 1800?]
- Reference
- MSR-30
- Description
Note in Arabic on endleaves in ink following main text is the Khatm al-Qur'an which is read after one has finished reading the Qur'an. This example is a long supplication glorifying God and praying that the aforementioned recitation has been done meticulously and that any afterlife consequences be auspicious, beseeching God to keep the reader on the straight path and ending by praise of Muhammad and further supplications to God.
Inscription in ink on front pastedown says that one manuscript ends and another one begins. Further inscriptions in pencil on last endleaf.
Source of title - Supplied title
Quantity: 1 volume(s) (unpaged).
Physical Description: paper, 354 leaves, bound; page size 160 x 110 mm.
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Digital image of incipit pages available. Also available on microfilm (MS-Copy-Micro-0183)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 volume(s) (unpaged), Illuminated manuscripts, paper, 354 leaves, bound; page size 160 x 110 mm., Binding: Islamic leather binding over pasteboard with protective flap; spine and joints damaged. Covers blind stamped in Persian style with corner pieces and central medallion, Decoration: Text in red and black, 15 lines within red-ruled frame; small red roundels mark the end of each verse; larger roundels in gold, or red and gold at end of last line of text on each page; incipit pages illuminated in red, green, and gold (subsequent touch-ups have damaged the original decoration); circular marginal decorations in red, gold and black on some pages.
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