Detail View: Medieval Collection:
|
Image Number:
|
Bookreader ArabicMS_704
|
|
Reference Number:
|
Arabic MS 704
|
|
Parent Work Title:
|
Qur'an
|
|
Translated Parent Work Title:
|
Koran
|
|
Date Created:
|
14th century [late]
|
|
Description:
|
Koran. Lavishly illuminated manuscript of the Koran (or Qur'an) made in late fourteenth century Egypt. The Koran measures 876 mm x 592 mm with 470 leaves of enormously thick paper the manuscript weighs 52kg. The calligraphy is also significant, being a very large and beautiful Muhaqquq script. The first three pages are entirely written in gold letters and all the chapter (sura) headings are illuminated. A number of folios are missing from the end of the manuscript. These, and a number of smaller lacunae and corrections, are noted in Mingana's Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts. The manuscript was rebound in the 1890s in its original boards.
|
|
Language Code:
|
ara
|
|
Language:
|
Arabic
|
|
Subject:
|
Religion
|
|
Subject:
|
Islam
|
|
Subject:
|
Koran
|
|
Category of Material:
|
Manuscripts
|
|
Sub-Category:
|
Codex
|
|
Technique Used:
|
Illumination (image-making process)
|
|
Support:
|
Paper
|
|
Item Height:
|
876 mm
|
|
Item Width:
|
592 mm
|
|
Item Depth:
|
184 mm
|
|
Current Repository:
|
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
|
|
Provenance:
|
Bateman, Thomas, 1821-1861, former owner
|
|
Provenance:
|
Didot, Ambroise Firmin, former owner
|
|
Provenance:
|
Qānṣūh al-Ghūrī, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, -1516, former owner
|
|
Provenance:
|
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
|
|
Rights Holder - Image:
|
The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Rights holder - Work:
|
The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Access Rights:
|
|
|
References:
|
James, D., 'Rylands Arabic MS 42: Recent discoveries.', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 59, (1977), pp. 249-53
|
|
References:
|
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
|
|
Notes:
|
Digitisation sponsored by The Islamic Manuscript Association
|
|
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
|
2011-01-10
|
|
Image Creation Technique:
|
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
|
|
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
|
2012-04
|
|
Metadata Language:
|
eng-GB
|
|
Collection Code:
|
Medieval
|