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Title

  • Qur'anic verses

Created / Published

  • 9th century

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Qur'anic verses 13-18 of the 81st chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Takwir (The Folding Up), written in the Kufi D.I. style from the 9th century.
  • -  And when the Garden is brought near, / Then each soul will know what it has done. (81:13-14).
  • -  Dimensions of Written Surface: 12.3 (w) x 7.7 (h) cm
  • -  The script's style is close to the Kufi D.I. category of the 9th century (Déroche 1992: 70, cat. no. 22). Executed in six lines, the text is written in black ink, outlined with gold cloud bands, and provided with a multicolored frame. Although there are no diacritical marks, vocalization is indicated by red dots. The verse marker on the last line of the recto consists of a gold rosette with the term khamsah (five) inscribed in its center. In the lower right corner, a hole has eaten through a letter.
  • -  This calligraphic fragment includes verses 13-18 of the 81st chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Takwir (The Folding Up). The text continues with verses 18-21 on the fragment's verso (1-87-154.82b V). This surah provides a series of graphic images on the Day of Judgment, when the world shatters and souls are weighed:
  • -  Script: Kufi
  • -  1-87-154.82b

Medium

  • 1 volume ; 15.6 (w) x 10.2 (h) cm

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019714666

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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