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Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.844.1).

Accession number
MS M.844.1
Object title
Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.844.1).
Created
9th century
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Description
1 leaf (5 lines) : ill. ; 228 x 313 mm
Provenance
Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Ms. single leaf from a Qurʼan, written and decorated in the 9th century.
Text: sura 9, al-Tawba (Repentance), verses 97-98.
Decoration: reddish black ink with some voweling by red dots; no diacriticals; gold rosette at the end of verse 97.
Part of the stub of the conjoint leaf and some of the sewing is preserved.
Script
Kufic
Language
Arabic
Century
Classification