Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS Arabic 607 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)

Manuscripts in Arabic

Contents

1 copy of the Qurʼān, undated

Incipit: (beginning) f.1r.2 وَاتَّقُواْ اللهَ إِنَّ اللهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا لَا تَرْفَعُوا أَصْوَاتَكُم فَوْقَ صَوْتِ النَّبِّيِّ وَلَا تَجْهَرُوا لَهُ بِالقَوْلِ كَجَهْرِ بَعْضِكُم لِبَعْضٍ اَنْ تَحْبَطَ أَعْمَاَلًكُمْ وَاَنْتُم لَا تَشْعُرُون
Explicit: (ending) f.121v.11 بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ ال [sic] قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ اللهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَد [sic] كُفُؤًا أَحَد

The first, second and part of the third sūrah are missing in this copy.

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Unburnished paper; watermark present.
Extent: 121 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 240 × 170 mm.
Dimensions (written): 180 × 120 mm.
Foliation: European, pencil; catchwords present.

Collation

There is no evidence of sewing.
Formula: 1-121

Condition

Deteriorated; staining of some folia.

Hand(s)

Script: naskh

Ink: black and red

Decoration

Rubrication

Additions:
  • Annotations and titles of sūrahs in margins.

Binding

246 × 188 mm. Flap binding; paper boards; brown/red leather covers with ornaments.

Covers torn and scratched.

Subjects


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