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Three Folios from Juz' 17 of the Qur'an

Title	Three Folios from Juz' 17 of the Qur'an
Publication Date:	911 (298H)
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	218 mm x 326 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is 1421
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	911 (298H)
Notes	Three Folios from Juz' 17 of the Qur'an, donated to the Great Umayyad Mosque of Damascus in 911. These are the last folios from a Qur'an manuscript, that was part seventeen of a thirty-volume set. As the text ended, the artist added a double page of illumination to conclude the volume. The final page records that the full thirty-volume set was donated to the congregational mosque in Damascus in the month Dhu'l-Qa`da in 298H, the equivalent date for July 911. Codex, ink, colours and gold on parchment, 3 folios, Arabic text in kufic script, illuminated double finispiece (ff. 2v-3r), final verses of Juz' 17 of the Qur'an (sura 22:77-78), waqf notice (f. 3v) of donation in Dhu'l-Qa`da 298H (July 911) to the congregational mosque of Damascus, naming the donor `Abd al-Mun`im ibn Ahmad, Damascus, Syria, 911.
Materyal	Parchment (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex, Qur'an
Yazı Tipi	Kufic script

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Three Folios from Juz' 17 of the Qur'an

Publication Date 911 (298H)

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 218 mm x 326 mm x 16 mm (height x width x depth)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is 1421

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 911 (298H)

Notes Three Folios from Juz' 17 of the Qur'an, donated to the Great Umayyad Mosque of Damascus in 911. These are the last folios from a Qur'an manuscript, that was part seventeen of a thirty-volume set. As the text ended, the artist added a double page of illumination to conclude the volume. The final page records that the full thirty-volume set was donated to the congregational mosque in Damascus in the month Dhu'l-Qa`da in 298H, the equivalent date for July 911. Codex, ink, colours and gold on parchment, 3 folios, Arabic text in kufic script, illuminated double finispiece (ff. 2v-3r), final verses of Juz' 17 of the Qur'an (sura 22:77-78), waqf notice (f. 3v) of donation in Dhu'l-Qa`da 298H (July 911) to the congregational mosque of Damascus, naming the donor `Abd al-Mun`im ibn Ahmad, Damascus, Syria, 911.

Materyal Parchment (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold

Nesne Adı Codex, Qur'an

Yazı Tipi Kufic script