Koran

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Title: Koran
Supplied Title: Koran
Genre: codices
Format: text
Extent: 1 leaf : paper ; 297 x 179 (215 x 110) mm.
Note [Physical Description]: Layout: Written in 12 long lines in Arabic underscribed in Persian; frame ruled. Decoration: Each textual area is bordered with a gold, double ruled line. The entire text block is bordered in gold and again in blue. The margin is bordered with a gold, double ruled line. The spaces between the Arabic characters are filled with gold decorative shapes. The margins contain gold, vegetative decorations filled with red or black script.
Not bound.
Source Document Location: University of Vermont Libraries. Special Collections.
Shelf Location: Manuscript Leaves. Special Collections.
Language: Arabic
Persian
Note [Digital Version]: 2010-04-05, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Note [Provenance]: The leaf is from the dismembered Koran which Stanley Slotkin found in Tehran, Iran, in 1952.
Digital Format: Text/Color: 24 bits; 300 ppi
Parent Collections: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date Created: 1207
Access Conditions: No known copyright restrictions.