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Title

  • Qur'anic verses

Created / Published

  • 13th century

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Qur'anic verses from the 13th century written in the Thuluth script probably from the Jazirah region or (Upper Mesopotamia) (Iraq, Syria, Arabia).
  • -  Dimensions of Sheet: Recto: a 16.6 (w) x 15.3 (h) cm, b 16.9 (w) x 15.4 (h) cm, c 12.5 (w) x 19.3 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: a 11.6 (w) x 15.3 (h) cm, b 11.6 (w) x 15.4 (h) cm, c 11.6 (w) x 19.3 (h) cm
  • -  Dimensions of Sheet: Verso: a 16.6 (w) x 15.3 (h) cm, b 16.9 (w) x 15.4 (h) cm, c 12.5 (w) x 19.3 (h) cm
  • -  Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: a 11.6 (w) x 15.3 (h) cm, b 11.6 (w) x 15.4 (h) cm
  • -  God constructed Heaven: / He raised its canopy and he gave it order and perfection. / He gives night darkness and brings out its splendor with light. (79:27-29)
  • -  Script: thuluth
  • -  Surat al-Naba' is a Meccan surah containing 40 verses that discuss God's mercy and the Day of Judgment:
  • -  Surat al-Nazi'at is a Meccan surah containing 46 verses which discuss the Day of Judgment and God's omnipotence. Verses 18-26 contain the parable of Moses and Pharaoh.
  • -  The first fragment contains verses 18-26 of the 79th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Nazi'at on its recto. Its verso contains verses 27-34 of Surat al-Nazi'at.
  • -  The second fragment contains verses 18-24 of the 78th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Naba' (The Great News). The text continues with verses 27-35 on the fragment's verso.
  • -  These fragments belong to a series of three folios cut out from the same manuscript now in the Library of Congress: these provide a number of verses from chapters 78 and 79 of the Qur'an.
  • -  1-84-154.15a-c

Medium

  • 1 volume ; various

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019714566

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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