Accession number
MS M.792
Object title
Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.792).
Display Date
10th century.
Created
Possibly Iran or Iraq, 10th century.
Credit line
Gift of Belle da Costa Greene, 1941.
Description
1 leaf (17 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 226 x 295 mm
Provenance
Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Ms. single leaf from a Qurʼan; written and decorated in the 10th century, possibly in Iran or Iraq.
Text: sura 24, al-Nūr (Light), verse 61, to sura 25, al-Furqān (the Criterion), verse 10.
Another leaf of this Qurʼan is held by the Freer Art Gallery.
Decoration: red dots mark vowels and groups of parallel strokes mark the ends of verse; every tenth verse is marked by a small gold rectangle.
Text: sura 24, al-Nūr (Light), verse 61, to sura 25, al-Furqān (the Criterion), verse 10.
Another leaf of this Qurʼan is held by the Freer Art Gallery.
Decoration: red dots mark vowels and groups of parallel strokes mark the ends of verse; every tenth verse is marked by a small gold rectangle.
Script
Kufic
Language
Arabic
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