Title: Two Bifolios from a Qur’an
Date: late 9th – early 10th century AD
Location: Middle East
Materials: ink, gold and opaque watercolour on vellum
Dimensions: 2 bifolios; 11 x 18.4cm
Accession Number: KFQ 82
Other Notes:
Text: surah al-Infitar (LXXXII), verse 8 to surah al-Mutaffifin (LXXXIII), verse 3; surah al-Inshiqaq (LXXXIV), verse 4 to surah al-Buruj (LXXXV), verse 5; and surah al-A‘la (LXXXVII), verse 4 to surah al-Ghashiyah (LXXXVIII), verse 1.
The surah titles and verse counts are written in gold outlined in black, with fine marginal vignettes. There are no diacritical marks and red dots indicate the vocalization. Three gold dots separate the verses, a gold pear-shaped ornament marks the end of every fifth verse and a gold circular device every tenth verse.
Script:
copied in Kufic script; 9 lines to the page
Bibliography:
F. Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, vol. I, London 1992, cat.44, p.97.
J.M. Rogers, The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London 2010, cat.8, p.34.
Zoom
Close
