Trinity College MS. 106 (Trinity College Library, Trinity College, University of Oxford)

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Danson Oriental Manuscripts

A copy of the Qurʼān copied in Egypt in 1281 AH/1864 CE.

Colophon: صدق الله العظيم وبلغ رسوله النبي الكريم الحمد لله رب العالمين والصلوة والسلام على محمد وآله وصحبه اجمعين. اتممته بعون الله الملك القدير كتبه الفقير العبد المذنب السيد علي النقشي من تلاميذ السيد محمد صافي اعز خلفاء مصر طه شكري بقرة قاضي زاده غفر الله لهما وستر عيوبهما آمين يا معين سنه احدى ثمانين ومئاتين والف في شهر ربيع الآخر في يوم الثلاثه (كذا) تمت

A complete copy. Unusually, as it is often spoken but rarely written, the word آمين 'Amen' has been added at the end of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah.

Inserted card headed 'Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Sharia Kamel, Cairo, Egypt', containing a rough transliteration of the colophon.

Language(s): Arabic

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Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: ff. i + 302 + i ; first folio blank and last folio recto with an empty gold-bordered text box, verso blank.

Dimensions (leaf): 165 × 118 mm.

Layout

One column throughout. Fols. 2b and 3a have seven lines of text each per page; otherwise fifteen lines per page. 112 × 70 mm.

Hand(s)

Script: Small Naskh in black ink. Chapter headings in white. Text is fully pointed. Recitation rules in red ink. Each juzʾ is marked with a different flowerburst and foliate design. Scribe: ʻAlī al-Naqshī

Decoration

Folios 2b and 3a decorated in gold and other colours with floral and foliate designs in blue, green, gold, red, and pink. Verse endings are marked with gold roundels. Text boxes are in gold with red outlines.

Binding

Eastern binding in reddish-brown leather over boards with gold borders and a central floral spray. Doublures have blue pastedowns. Envelope flap.

History

Origin: Egypt.; Rabīʻ II 1281 AH; September-October 1864 CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Bookplate of John Raymond Danson.

The Trinity College Manuscripts are on long-term deposit with the Bodleian Library.

Record Sources

Born digital, with reference to Trinity College's Handlist of Manuscripts.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript

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Subjects

Qurʼan--Manuscripts

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