Accession number
MS W.20
Object title
[Qurʾan].
Display Date
17--]
Created
[Turkey, 17--]
Binding
Limp brown morocco with simple blind-tooled lines, in solander box.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia Parker Wightman, 1994.
Description
177 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : paper ; 77 x 48 mm.
Provenance
Philip C. Duschnes, New York; purchased by Julia Parker Wightman from Duschnes in 1963; JPW 7697; Julia Parker Wightman.
Notes
Ms. Koran written and decorated in Turkey in the 18th century.
Decoration: text is framed with 3 black ruled lines and 1 gold line. Sūras are written in gold.
Quires of 10; sewing in magenta-colored thread.
Decoration: text is framed with 3 black ruled lines and 1 gold line. Sūras are written in gold.
Quires of 10; sewing in magenta-colored thread.
Script
nastaʻlīq.
Language
Arabic
Century
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