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Title

  • Qur'anic verses

Created / Published

  • 10th 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 1-6 of the 69th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Haqqah (The Truth), written in Kufi (New Syle III) from the 10th century.
  • -  Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 6 (w) x 8.1 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 6 (w) x 8 (h) cm
  • -  The chapter title of Surat al-Haqqah at the top left of the bifolio is executed in gold ink. It provides the surah's title and number of verses, and ends in an ornate gold and red marginal palmette that has been slightly lost due to cropping. Verse markers consist of gold flowers with red dots, while ayah markers marking every fifth verse (e.g. right side, 4th line) are shaped like a gold droplet or the Arabic letter ha (h).
  • -  The text is written in Kufi (New Syle III). Red dots indicate vocalization, while vowel signs and orthoepics (pronunciation marks) were added in black ink at a later date. One dot below the letter ra (r) serves to differentiate it from the zayn (z). The script, vocalization marks, and vertical format show some of the advances in Kufi calligraphy and Qur'an production during the 10th century (see (Déroche 1992: 144-145, cat. no. 79).
  • -  The verso of this calligraphic fragment includes verses 6-10 (right side) and 10-14 (left side) of Surat al-Haqqah (The Truth). This text continues verses 1-6 (right side) and precedes verses 14-19 (left side) on the fragment's recto (1-84-154.28b R). Altogether, this fragment contains the title and verses 1-19 of Surat al-Haqqah.
  • -  This calligraphic fragment includes, on the left hand side of the bifolio, the illuminated title and verses 1-6 of the 69th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Haqqah (The Truth). This text continues with verses 6-14 on the fragment's verso (1-84-154.28b V). The right side of the recto then proceeds with verses 14-19 from the same chapter.
  • -  This surah dates from the Meccan period and contains 52 verses. It is largely eschatological in nature, and verses 1-19 in particular describe the cataclysmic events on the Day of Judgment, when the mountains are crushed to powder and the sky is torn asunder.
  • -  Script: Kufi
  • -  1-84-154.28b

Medium

  • 1 volume ; 17.9 (w) x 11.8 (h) cm

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019714590

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Rights & Access

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

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