Accession number:
MS W.20
Title:
[Qurʾan].
Created:
[Turkey, 17--]
Binding:
Limp brown morocco with simple blind-tooled lines, in solander box.
Credit:
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.
Script:
nasta'liq.
Language:
Arabic
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