COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
Bookreader Arabic MS 42 [704]
Reference Number:
Arabic MS 42 [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:
Bombycine 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, A. 'Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester', Manchester University Press 1934
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2011-01-10
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB