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Accession number:
MS M.838.1-6
Title:
Qurʾan, six leaves
Created:
[11th century]
Credit:
Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Description:
6 leaves (6 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 135 x 200 mm.
Provenance:
Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes:
Ms. leaves from a Qurʾan; written and decorated in the 11th century.
Text: sura 35, al-Fāṭir (the Creator), verses 22-27 (fol. 1), 30-43 (fol. 2-6).
One fol. is lacking between fol. 1 and 2.
Decoration: written in brownish ink with diagonal strokes for diacriticals and red and green dots of vocalization; a gold hāʾ marks the end of the fifth verse on fol. 3v; gold circles containing gold cursive inscriptions are found on fol. 2 and 5 v.
Script:
Kufic
Language:
Arabic
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