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Qur'an scroll

Title	Qur'an scroll
Publication Date:	1400-1450
Type	Document
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	105 mm x 11280 mm (height x length)
Library:	Chester Beatty
Record ID	Is 1625
Library Location	Islamic Collection
Date	1400-1450
Notes	Qur'an scroll. Measuring over 11m in length and only 10cm in height, this scroll conveys the entire text of the Qur'an through a striking sequence of different calligraphic layouts, in which a large pious inscription dramatically overlays the packed and tiny text below. The outer borders meanwhile convey a long band of clearly written Qur'anic text (sura 112), written in gold. Scroll, ink, colours and gold on paper, backed on green silk, Arabic text in varying black, red, gold and white scripts (cursive and angular), periodically overlaying or reserving large thuluth, kufic or square kufic scripts against very small naskh or ghubar scripts, with illuminated sura-headings throughout, Qur'an (originally the complete text, suras 1, 2, 48 now missing), border naskh inscription repeating al-Ikhlas (sura 112), with panel grid of magic squares (awfaq), possibly Iran, undated, c. 1400-1450.
Materyal	Paper (material), Pigment (material), Ink (material), Gold, Silk, Leather (material)
Nesne Adı	Scroll (object name), Qur'an
Yazı Tipi	Naskh script, Thuluth script, Kufic script, Ghubar script, Banna'i script

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Qur'an scroll

Publication Date 1400-1450

Type Document

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 105 mm x 11280 mm (height x length)

Library Chester Beatty

Record ID Is 1625

Library Location Islamic Collection

Date 1400-1450

Notes Qur'an scroll. Measuring over 11m in length and only 10cm in height, this scroll conveys the entire text of the Qur'an through a striking sequence of different calligraphic layouts, in which a large pious inscription dramatically overlays the packed and tiny text below. The outer borders meanwhile convey a long band of clearly written Qur'anic text (sura 112), written in gold. Scroll, ink, colours and gold on paper, backed on green silk, Arabic text in varying black, red, gold and white scripts (cursive and angular), periodically overlaying or reserving large thuluth, kufic or square kufic scripts against very small naskh or ghubar scripts, with illuminated sura-headings throughout, Qur'an (originally the complete text, suras 1, 2, 48 now missing), border naskh inscription repeating al-Ikhlas (sura 112), with panel grid of magic squares (awfaq), possibly Iran, undated, c. 1400-1450.

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

Nesne Adı Scroll (object name), Qur'an

Yazı Tipi Naskh script, Thuluth script, Kufic script, Ghubar script, Banna'i script