MS 13-1951 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Contents
Folios from the Qurʼān.
Physical Description
loose folios
Form: sheet
Extent: 14 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 410 × 290 mm.
Dimensions (written): 290 × 200 mm.
Layout
The text is writte in Kufic script, with vowels markings in red, blue and black, 9 lines.
Hand(s)
Decoration
Verse numbers and marginal decorations in gold.
History
Origin: 11th-12th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequeathed by Arthur Cecil Edwards in 1951.
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
The Fitzwilliam Museum
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