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.
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
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