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Title

  • Qur'anic Verses

Created / Published

  • 9th century

Headings

  • -  Calligraphy, Arabic
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Arabian Peninsula
  • -  Iraq
  • -  Arabic calligraphy
  • -  Arabic script calligraphy
  • -  Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Islamic calligraphy
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Kufi

Notes

  • -  Qur'anic verses 85-88 of the 6th chapter of the Qur'an entitled Surat al-An'am (The Cattle), written in Kufi script is in the D.I. style on parchment during the 9th cent.
  • -  Dimensions of Written Surface: 23.8 (w) x 14.7 (h) cm
  • -  The text is executed in Kufi script in black ink at six lines per page, surrounded by a gold painted frame. Verses on the fragment's recto have worn off substantially, as they have been executed on the flesh side of the parchment. On the recto's third line appears a fifth-verse marker separating verse 85 from 86. It is in the shape of a gold upturned virgule. Other verse markers on the recto and verso take the form of a gold painted flower with a central blue dot. Diacritics appear as red dots and marks for vowellesness (sukun) as green dots. Other diacritical marks are shaped as diagonal strokes and may have been inserted at a later date.
  • -  The text's Kufi script is in the D.I. style typical of horizontal Qur'ans produced on parchment during the 9th century (Déroche 1992, p. 69, cat. no. 21).
  • -  This calligraphic fragment includes verses 85-88 of the 6th chapter of the Qur'an entitled Surat al-An'am (The Cattle). This late Meccan surah describes the nature of God and how He reveals Himself. Verses 85-88 in particular describe a number of prophets such as Jesus, Elias, and Jonah as capable of guiding believers to the "straight path" (al-sirat al-mustaqim).
  • -  Script: Kufi
  • -  AL-10

Medium

  • 1 volume ; 27.5 (w) x 17 (h) cm

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019714720

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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