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Manuscript/Mixed Material [Qurʼān] [قرأن]

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Title

  • [Qurʼān]

Other Title

  • [قرأن]

Summary

  • This 19th-century manuscript Qurʼan is in a Nashki script with diacritical marks in black. Nashki was the calligraphic style used for the most beautiful Qurʼans of the period, because of its small size and great delicacy. The first two pages are elaborately illuminated in green, blue, and red on a gold background. The titles of the surahs (chapters) are in gold. The borders are in gold, blue, and red. The colophon is illuminated in gold and colors. Probably of Persian origin, this Qurʼan was copied in Arabic by Kohazadeh Ahmad Rashid Safi and decorated by Adham Gharbaldeh al-Balawi. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Balawī, Ibrāhīm Adʹham Gharbaldah, illuminator
  • McVicker, Charles C., former owner
  • Ṣāfī, Aḥmad Rashīd, scribe

Created / Published

  • [18--?]

Headings

  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iran

Notes

  • -  Binding is contemporary leather, with separate leather carrying case.
  • -  Copied by Aḥmad Rashīd al-Balawī; illuminated by Ibrāhīm Adʹham Gharbaldah[?] al-Balawī--Colophon.
  • -  Illuminations on fol. 1b, 2a and colophon.
  • -  Ms.
  • -  Naskhi script, with vowel markings; 15 lines in written area 10.5 x 5.5 cm.
  • -  Paper: smooth yellowed cream with no visible watermarks; the first two pages and colophon are elaborately illuminated in green, blue and red on gold background; borders are gold, blue and red; titles of individual sūrahs in gold; verses separed by gold circles with catchwords on versos.
  • -  Title supplied by cataloger.
  • -  Written in Iran.
  • -  Library of Congress. The Holy Koran in the Library of Congress, 12.
  • -  Also available in digital form.
  • -  In Arabic.
  • -  Gift of Charles C. McVicker.

Medium

  • 304 leaves (15 lines), bound : paper ; 18.5 x 11.5 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BP100 1800z

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2010471600

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Balawī, Ibrāhīm AdʹHam Gharbaldah, Illuminator, Charles C McVicker, and Aḥmad Rashīd Ṣāfī. Qurʼān. [18--?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010471600/.

APA citation style:

Balawī, I. A. G., McVicker, C. C. & Ṣāfī, A. R. Qurʼān. [18--?] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010471600/.

MLA citation style:

Balawī, Ibrāhīm AdʹHam Gharbaldah, Illuminator, Charles C McVicker, and Aḥmad Rashīd Ṣāfī. Qurʼān. [18--?] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010471600/>.