Keble MS. 92 (Keble College Library, Keble College, University of Oxford)

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A copy of the Holy Qur'an.

Title: al-Qurʼān
Title: القرآن
Language(s): Arabic

Appears to be a complete copy.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Dimensions (leaf): 170 × 115 mm.

Layout

One column of 15 lines per page. 115 × 68 mm.

Hand(s)

Script: Fine Naskh.

Decoration

Text box surrounded in gold rules. Chapter headings in gold, and white thuluth. Opening 'carpet page'.

Binding

Eastern binding of brown leather over boards with central stamped panel corner pieces and tooled edges. Envelope flap. Doublures of green cloth.

History

Origin: Undated.

Provenance and Acquisition

Rev. Greville J. Chester, Keble College.

Donated to Keble College Library by Rev. Greville J. Chester in 1882.

Record Sources

Description based on Parkes, The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College, Oxford.

Availability

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Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

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