MS McClean 194 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Contents
Al-Qurʼān
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: 30 ff.
Dimensions (leaf): 310 × 186 mm.
Dimensions (written): 238 × 131 mm.
Layout
The text is framed by coloured rules, 42 lines to a page.
Hand(s)
Decoration
The text block is is decorated with golden rosettes throughout and is framed by rules in blue, gold and green. Illuminated margins with gold and polychrome motifs. Fully illuminated opening and closing double-folios in light-blue, gold and pink.
History
Origin: early 19th century CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased in May 1892 at the E.H. Lawrence sale, lot. 358. Bequeathed by Mr Frank McClean in 1904.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on James Montague Rhodes "A Descriptive Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum", Cambridge University Press, 1912; 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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