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Qurʾan, single leaf

Accession number: 
MS M.844.1
Title: 
Qurʾan, single leaf
Created: 
9th century.
Credit: 
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 Qurʾan, 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
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
9th century
Genres: 
Manuscripts
Vellum (parchment)
Kufic
Cuttings
Single leaves
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts