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Five suras of the Qur'an

Title	Five suras of the Qur'an
Publication Date:	1250-1350
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	229 mm x 165 mm (height x width)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is 1449
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	1250-1350
Notes	Five suras of the Qur'an. This manuscript contains only five verses (the Praise Suras) from the Qur'an: 1, 6, 18, 34 and 35, deliberately gathered here as one group. All five begin with the words al-hamdu li'llah ("praise be to God"). Folios (unbound), ink, colours, gold and silver (?) on pink paper, 61 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, with illuminated sura headings (fol. 31v) and verse markers throughout, extract from the Qur'an (suras 1, 6, 18, 34, 35 only), Iran, undated.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold
Nesne Adı	Codex, Qur'an
Yazı Tipi	Thuluth script, Naskh script, Muhaqqaq script

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Five suras of the Qur'an

Publication Date 1250-1350

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 229 mm x 165 mm (height x width)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is 1449

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 1250-1350

Notes Five suras of the Qur'an. This manuscript contains only five verses (the Praise Suras) from the Qur'an: 1, 6, 18, 34 and 35, deliberately gathered here as one group. All five begin with the words al-hamdu li'llah ("praise be to God"). Folios (unbound), ink, colours, gold and silver (?) on pink paper, 61 folios, Arabic text in naskh script, with illuminated sura headings (fol. 31v) and verse markers throughout, extract from the Qur'an (suras 1, 6, 18, 34, 35 only), Iran, undated.

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

Nesne Adı Codex, Qur'an

Yazı Tipi Thuluth script, Naskh script, Muhaqqaq script