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Image Number: 
Bookreader ArabicMS_52 [6]
Reference Number: 
Arabic MS 6
Parent Work Title: 
al-Qurʼān
Alternative Parent Work Title: 
Kur'an
Date Created: 
18th century
Description: 
A well-written copy of the Qur'an, with gilt and coloured rulings, broad margins, and fine Naskhi script.
Language Code: 
ara
Language: 
Arabic
Subject: 
Manuscripts, Arabic--Early works to 1800
Category of Material: 
Manuscripts
Sub-Category: 
Codex
Technique Used: 
Handwriting
Technique Used: 
Illumination (image-making process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Item Height: 
175 mm
Item Width: 
110 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance: 
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance: 
Bland, Nathaniel, 1803-1865, former owner
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
References: 
Mingana, Alphonse. Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2021-03-17
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2021-04
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Collection Code: 
Rylands