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BRMS 25

Title

Subject

Illuminated Qur'an

Description

This Quran is written in fine Arabic script with an interlinear Persian translation in red ink and manuscript annotations in the margins. First leaves illuminated with elaborate carpet borders of crimson, blue, gold, etc. Gilded borders and marginal decorations.

Source

BRMS 25. Quran. Arabic. Persia, seventeenth century. Illuminated manuscript on paper.

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

Scripture

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Arabic; Persian

Type

Illuminated manuscript on paper

Collection

Highlights from the Ruth and Lyle Sellers Medical Collection

Citation

“BRMS 25,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed December 8, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1753.