Manuscript/Mixed Material Qur'anic verses
About this Item
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
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