MS 374 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)

The Fitzwilliam Museum

Fragments of the Qurʼān.

Title: al-Qurʼān

Title: surahs 7 and 13

Title: القرآن

Language(s): Arabic

References

MS 374

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: 70 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 268 × 180 mm.

Dimensions (written): 175 × 110 mm.

Layout

The text is written in Thuluth and presents no rulings or borders, 6 lines to a page.

Hand(s)

Decoration

Ornamental chapter headings of the two main surahs, marginal and interlinear rosettes in gold, "waqf" markings on numerous folios.

Seal(s):

A seal has been stamped throughout the folios.

History

Origin: 14th century CE

Provenance and Acquisition

It was Lot. 50 at Sotheby's. Owned by F. Harding Smith. Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam in 1935.

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Francis Wormald and Phyllis M. Giles "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum acquired between 1895 and 1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)", Cambridge University Press, 1982; 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