[al-Qurʻān] part 5

نبذة عن كتاب [al-Qurʻān] part 5

96 unnumbered pages ; 23 x 17 cm Manuscript A collection of eleven (out of the original thirty) parts (juz’) of the Qur’ān 7 lines per page, thick non-European paper with laid lines only faintly visible al-Juz’ al-khāmis ‘ashar (ch.17, v.1 – ch.18, v.74) Fully vocalized Bihārī script without tarwīs The codex opens with an illuminated circular shamsah and a double-page frontispiece The first two pages, the word Allāh, discs and florettes are executed in gold The other illuminated elements include marginal medallions (niṣf, thalāthat arbā’) and the letter ‘ayn The text is enclosed with an interlinear Persian translation in red ink The folios 42-48 were supplied later and don’t have Persian translation This is part 5 of a collection of 11 parts Holding in McGill Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections, Blacker Wood Rare Books: Eleven titles boxed in two boxes (1: 1-6, 2: 7-11) subsequent to production: 1. ff.37, 908 [1503]. — 2. ff.45, 908 [1503]. — 3. ff.33, 908 [1503]. — 4. ff.43, 908 [1503]. — 5. ff.48, 908 [1503]. — 6. ff.38, 908 [1503]. — 7. ff.37, 908 [1503]. — 8. ff.42, 908 [1503]. — 9. ff.40, 908 [1503]. — 10. ff.44, 908 [1503]. — 11.ff.34, 908 [1503] Each part is separately stab sewn boxed in a cream colored clam shell box