Qurʾan, single leaf
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Accession number:
MS M.842
Title:
Qurʾan, single leaf
Created:
10th century
Credit:
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 Qurʾan, 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.
Script:
Kufic
Language:
Arabic
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