Title: Single Folio from a Qur’an
Date: 9th century AD
Location: Middle East or North Africa
Materials: ink, gold and watercolour on vellum
Dimensions: 14.6 x 21 cm
Accession Number: KFQ 84
Other Notes:
Text: surah al-Saba’ (XXXIV), verses 43–4.
The vocalization is indicated by red dots, while green dots mark the hamzah, and blue dots mark both the shaddah and the vowel. A gold rosette inside a blue circle marks the end of every verse.
Script:
copied in Kufic script; 5 lines to the page
Bibliography:
F. Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. I, London 1992, cat.19, p.67.
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