Codex, Harar, 1798, Naskhī

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Contributor(s): Nuria Garcia Masip
Date: 6 Rajab 1213; December 14, 1798
Localization Exactitude Degree: Exact
Place of Production: Ethiopia, Harari region, Harar
Remarks (Place of Production): The place of production is an attribution based on stylistic analysis
Present Location: Washington DC, Library of Congress
Language: Arabic
Title of the Document (If Relevant): Qur'an
Type of text: Quran
Script: Naskhī regional variant
Color of the Script: black
Signature: ? ibn al-Garād ʿUmar ibn al-Amir Yūsuf
Signature Role: calligrapher
Remarks (General Identification): This entry is for only the Qur'anic text and not the paratextual materials in the manuscript.
Type of Object: manuscript\codex
Writing Surface: paper\type of paper\European paper
Ruling (Manuscript): 15 lines per page
Technique: written
Ink: carbon-based ink (midād); red ink

See the lexicon

sīn shīn denticles: short pointed denticles
initial and medial bāʾ tāʾthāʾ nūn yāʾ denticles: initial slightly inclined to left; medial short pointed denticles

hā' counters: initial / medial double eyed (wajh al-hirr); initial / medial double-eyed top and bottom (mulawwazah); initial / medial bottom v-shaped; final one-eyed (mardufah) inclined to left; isolated one-eyed round (mu'arrāh)
medial 'ain ghayn counters: compact inverted triangle / open or closed eye
mīm counters: circular head closed eye

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Description: Single-volume Qur’an, copied by ? ibn al-Garād ʿUmar ibn al-Amir Yūsuf, completed on 6 Rajab 1213/ December 14, 1798, endowed by Haji Muḥammad Sharīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Sharīf. Harar, Ethiopia. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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Description: Single-volume Qur’an, copied by ? ibn al-Garād ʿUmar ibn al-Amir Yūsuf, completed on 6 Rajab 1213/ December 14, 1798, endowed by Haji Muḥammad Sharīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Sharīf. Harar, Ethiopia. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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Description: Single-volume Qur’an, copied by ? ibn al-Garād ʿUmar ibn al-Amir Yūsuf, completed on 6 Rajab 1213/ December 14, 1798, endowed by Haji Muḥammad Sharīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Sharīf. Harar, Ethiopia. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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Description: Single-volume Qur’an, copied by ? ibn al-Garād ʿUmar ibn al-Amir Yūsuf, completed on 6 Rajab 1213/ December 14, 1798, endowed by Haji Muḥammad Sharīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Sharīf. Harar, Ethiopia. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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Description: Single-volume Qur’an, copied by ? ibn al-Garād ʿUmar ibn al-Amir Yūsuf, completed on 6 Rajab 1213/ December 14, 1798, endowed by Haji Muḥammad Sharīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Sharīf. Harar, Ethiopia. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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Description: Single-volume Qur’an, copied by ? ibn al-Garād ʿUmar ibn al-Amir Yūsuf, completed on 6 Rajab 1213/ December 14, 1798, endowed by Haji Muḥammad Sharīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Sharīf. Harar, Ethiopia. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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Description: Single-volume Qur’an, copied by ? ibn al-Garād ʿUmar ibn al-Amir Yūsuf, completed on 6 Rajab 1213/ December 14, 1798, endowed by Haji Muḥammad Sharīf ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Sharīf. Harar, Ethiopia. Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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