Accession number
MS M.792
Object title
Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.792).
Created
Possibly Iran or Iraq, 10th century.
Credit line
Gift of Belle da Costa Greene, 1941.
Description
1 leaf (17 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 226 x 295 mm
Provenance
Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Ms. single leaf from a Qurʼan; written and decorated in the 10th century, possibly in Iran or Iraq.
Text: sura 24, al-Nūr (Light), verse 61, to sura 25, al-Furqān (the Criterion), verse 10.
Another leaf of this Qurʼan is held by the Freer Art Gallery.
Decoration: red dots mark vowels and groups of parallel strokes mark the ends of verse; every tenth verse is marked by a small gold rectangle.
Text: sura 24, al-Nūr (Light), verse 61, to sura 25, al-Furqān (the Criterion), verse 10.
Another leaf of this Qurʼan is held by the Freer Art Gallery.
Decoration: red dots mark vowels and groups of parallel strokes mark the ends of verse; every tenth verse is marked by a small gold rectangle.
Script
Kufic
Language
Arabic
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Display Date
10th century.