Manuscript/Mixed Material Qur'anic verses
About this Item
Title
- Qur'anic verses
Created / Published
- 9th century
Headings
- - Calligraphy, Arabic
- - Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
- - Iraq
- - Arabic script calligraphy
- - Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
- - Islamic calligraphy
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Kufi
- - Qur'anic verses
Notes
- - Qur'anic verses in a Kufi script close to style D.III and typical of Qur'ans produced during the 9th century.
- - Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 8.7 (w) x 5.3 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 8.9 (w) x 5.4 (h) cm
- - Do not defame nor be sarcastic to each other, / Or call each other by offensive nicknames... / And those who do not desist are doing wrong. O you who believe, / Do not let some men among you laugh at others, / (Although) it may be that the latter are better than the former. / Also do not let some women laugh at others, / (Although) it may be that the latter are better than the former. (49:11)
- - Surat al-Hujurat is the third of a group of three Medinan surahs, beginning with chapter 47. It discusses conduct that must be observed by the Muslim community, such as mutual respect and allegiance to a rightful leader. The beginning of verse 11 on this fragment stresses proper behavior:
- - The text is executed in a Kufi script close to style D.III typical of Qur'ans produced during the 9th century. At five lines per page, the Qur'anic text is executed in brown ink and in a horizontal format. Red dots indicate vocalization, while a single green dot on both the recto and verso of this fragment demarcate a long medial alif (a).
- - This calligraphic fragment includes the beginning of verse 11 of the 49th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Hujurat (The Chambers). This same verse continues on the folio's verso (1-84-154.20d R).
- - Script: Kufi
- - 1-84-154.20d
Medium
- 1 volume ; 13.8 (w) x 9.3 (h) cm
Repository
- Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2019714587
Online Format
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