MS McClean 200* (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)

The Fitzwilliam Museum

A Scrapbook of Calligraphy

Title: A Scrapbook of Calligraphy

Language(s): Arabic and Persian

References

MS McClean 200*

Physical Description

Form: folios

Support: paper

Extent: 20 ff.

Hand(s)

Decoration

Some calligraphic specimens are finely decorated.

Binding

Seal(s):

History

Origin:

Provenance and Acquisition

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.

Subjects

Koran

Comments

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World