Single Folio from a Qur’an

Location: Middle East or North Africa

Materials: ink, gold and opaque watercolour on vellum

Dimensions: 20.4 x 30.8cm

Accession Number: KFQ 45

Other Notes:

Text: surah al-Jathiyah (XLV), verse 37, to surah al-Ahqaf (XLVI), verse 10.

The title and verse count at the beginning of surah al-Ahqaf are written in gold in a rectangular panel with a marginal tassel. The line finishes with a thin knotted band filled with coloured dots. Red dots indicate the vocalization, but the black diacriticals were added later.

Script:

copied in Kufic script; 15 lines to the page

Bibliography:

F. Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. I, London 1992, cat.17, p.65.
J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.11, p.37.