Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World

MS 234 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Contents

A copy of al-Qurʼān

Language(s): Arabic

References

Physical Description

Form: roll
Support: Paper
Extent: 1 roll
Dimensions (leaf): 42.6 × 9.0 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15.24 × 7.62 cm.

Layout

Text arranged as micrography of floral motifs and calligraphic panels forming the asma al-husna, the holy names of God.

Hand(s)

Seal(s):

There is a small black seal on the verso of the scroll.

History

Origin: 18th-19th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

Given by the Rev. Dr Harvey Goodwin, Gonville and Caius College, late Bishop of Carlisle in 1849.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on M.R. 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.

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