MS Arabic 724 (Wellcome Collection, Wellcome Trust)

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1 copy of al-Qurʾān

Title: al-Qurʾān
Title: القرآن
Incipit: (beginning) f.1r.1 لَهَا اَں تُدْرِكَ اَلْفَمَر وَلاَ اَلَّيْلُ سَابِٯُ النَّهارِ وَكُلٌّ ڢِى ڢَلَك يَسْبَحُوںَ وَاَيةٌ لَّهُمُ اَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيّتهِمْ ڢِى اِلْڢُلْكِ اِلْمَشْحُوں
Explicit: (ending) f.84v.16 الله الذى خلٯ سبع سملوات [sic] ومں الارض مثلهں يتنزل
Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: 84 ff.
Foliation: Lacks foliation; catchwords present.

Collation

From evidence of catchwords, the folia appear to be in the wrong order.

Hand(s)

Script: maghribī

Ink: black and red

Decoration

Rubrication

Marginal decoration and annotations

Binding

Flap binding; paper boards; brown leather covers.

Some staining and insect damage on covers.

Subjects

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