Shelfmark
ECOM 9
Title
al-Qurʾān [manuscript].
Publication, distribution, etc.
Ottoman Empire (provincia), ca. 1700.
Physical description
1 v. ; 170 x 121 mm.
Note
Material: chart.
Note
Format: codex.
Note
Handwriting: Naskhi script.
Note
Number of leaves: 260 ff.
Note
A provincial Ottoman Koran written in naskhi script.
Note
Text written in naskhi script with comments and marginalia.
Note
Decoration: first double page on blue paper with red and pink flowers on the margins.
Citation/references note
Manuscript description based on M.S.Q. Fraser, Islamic manuscripts in the Eton College Library, 1996.
Provenance
Label of Eton College on the back pastedown and bookplate of the college on f. 1r.
Provenance
Old references on the front flyleaf.
Provenance
Arabic inscription on f. 1r.
Provenance
Ms. inscription of Brian Walton dated 10 May 1656 with the price on f. 1r.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on f. 1 recording donation to Eton College by Nicholas Harding in 1731.
Binding
Late 18th c.(?) brown morocco wallet binding (with fore-edge flap and envelope flap, Type II); frame with blind fillets and blind almond-shaped central panel; marbled pastedown; old restoration.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmark 11.1.
Subject
Qurʼan.
Added entry--name
Walton, Brian, 1600 - 1661 former owner.
Added entry--name
Harding, Nicholas, fl. 1730 - fl. 1730 former owner.
Language code
ar
Identifier
B51538