COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL250300251
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 691
Image Title:
Binding of manuscript
Parent Work Title:
Qur'an
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Golden Qur'an
Translated Parent Work Title:
Koran
Date Created:
c1000
Page:
Spine
Description:
Manuscript of the fourth ]uz' of the Qur'an. A continuous fragment extending from verse 86 of the third Sūrah to verse 27 of the fourth Sūrah. There are five lines to the page and it is written in large letters of gold in a Maghribi or African hand, midway between Kufi and Naskhi. Gold ornaments mark the sectional divisions. Bound in the last century, but having apparently the sides of an earlier binding inlet, preserved almost intact. The words on the ornaments that mark the division of sections are in a kind of Maghribi-Kūfi letters. The diacritical points in gold are by the scribe, but the vowels and other punctuation are added by a later hand in blue ink. Possibly of a Hispano-Mauresque origin. It may be ascribed to about A.D. 1000.
Subject:
Religion
Subject:
Islam
Subject:
Koran
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Bindings
Support:
Vellum
Item Height:
213 mm
Item Width:
170 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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:
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
References:
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 82, Nos. 2 and 3, 2000.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2025-03-03
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2025-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Medieval
Binding of manuscript
