Accession number
MS M.842
Object title
Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.842).
Display Date
10th century
Created
10th century
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Description
1 leaf (5 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 204 x 330 mm
Provenance
Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Ms. single leaf from a Qurʼan, written and decorated in the 10th century.
Text: sura 41, Fuṣṣilat (Explained), verses 13-15.
Decoration: written in brownish ink with gold, red, and green dots indicating vocalization; a gold rosette with a pale green center follows each verse.
Mounted in a card frame which is probably 19th century Indian; constructed of strips of paper colored magenta with gold, white, purple, and black on the recto and aquamarine with gold, white, magenta, and black on the verso.
Text: sura 41, Fuṣṣilat (Explained), verses 13-15.
Decoration: written in brownish ink with gold, red, and green dots indicating vocalization; a gold rosette with a pale green center follows each verse.
Mounted in a card frame which is probably 19th century Indian; constructed of strips of paper colored magenta with gold, white, purple, and black on the recto and aquamarine with gold, white, magenta, and black on the verso.
Script
Kufic
Language
Arabic
Resources
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