RAS Arabic 5 (Library, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland)

Arabic Manuscripts

1 copy or fragment of al-Qurʼān

Fragments of a fine folio Koran. Written in naskh. 1st, 7th and 13th lines in large letters on blue or pink ground. Verses marked by a gold rose. From the Royal Library at Bijapur

Language(s): Arabic

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 352 f.

Dimensions (leaf): 16 × 14 cm.

Dimensions (written):

Layout

Hand(s)

Naskh >

History

Provenance and Acquisition

From the Royal Library at Bijapur

in Gregorian.

Availability

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Subjects

Koran--Manuscripts

Comments

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Union Catalogue of Manuscripts from the Islamicate World