MS Arabic 607 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)
Manuscripts in Arabic
Contents
1 copy of the Qurʼān, undated
Title: al-Qurʼān
Title: القرآن
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.