MS 233 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)

The Fitzwilliam Museum

A complete copy of the Qurʼān.

Title: al-Qurʼān

Title: القرآن

Language(s): Arabic

References

MS 233

Physical Description

Form: roll

Extent: 1 roll

Dimensions (leaf): 33.5 × 9.0 cm.

Dimensions (written): 15.24 × 7.62 cm.

Layout

Text arranged as micrography of floral motifs and calligraphy forming the ayat al-kursi.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

Given by Miss J.C. Burney, sister of Col. Richard Burney in 1861.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Montague Rhodes James "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum", Cambridge University Press, 1895; with corrections and additions supplied by Marcus Fraser and Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti.

Availability

The manuscript can be consulted in the Graham Robertson Study room at The Fitzwilliam Museum, on an appointment only basis. To request an appointment, please email collections@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk citing the manuscript number.

Funding of Cataloguing