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Your page is the Holy Quran
(ورقتان من قرآن كريم)

Title	Your page is the Holy Quran
Title Original	ورقتان من قرآن كريم
Publication Date:	End of the 2nd century - beginning of the 3rd century AH/end of the 8th century - beginning of the 9th century AD
Publication Place	Probably Kairouan. - Museum of Islamic Arts
Subject	Nonsense Qazim sheet.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	مستطيلة؛ 35 سم X 25 سم، أربعة عشر سطراً
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	P 208
Record ID	object;ISL;tn;Mus01;1;ar
Library Location	Museum of Islamic Arts
Date	End of the 2nd century - beginning of the 3rd century AH/end of the 8th century - beginning of the 9th century AD
Notes	These two pages are taken from a copy of the Holy Qur’an, written in black, bold Kufic script. They include verses from Surat Al-Balad (Surat No. 90), from verse 10 to verse 12, and verses from Surat Al-Shams (Surat No. 91), from verse 1 to verse 6. The diacritic movements are indicated with red dots, while the nunation is indicated by two red dots on top of each other, following the approach of the scholar Abi Al-Aswad, who passed away. Death in the year 61 AH/681 AD. The use of red to indicate formation movements is a style adopted by the Iraqi school of calligraphy, in contrast to the Andalusian school, which used various colors. In the Great Mosque of Kairouan, one finds a group of copies of the Qur’an written according to both methods, which clearly shows the communicative role that Africa played as a land of meeting between the East and the West. The tenth verse is indicated by a star surrounded by multi-coloured lobes. The title of Surat al-Shams consists of the name of the surah and the number of its verses, written in kufi script, within a gilded frame decorated with braided and semicolon motifs, a style reminiscent of the decoration of the covers of some contemporary Kairouan bound books. The framing ends with a palm-leaf-shaped decoration protruding towards the margin, consisting of simplified leaves and floral motifs adorned with flowers.
Sample Text	Mourad Rammah “Two Leaves from the Holy Quran” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tn;Mus01;1;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Mourad RAMMAHNé en 1953 à Kairouan, docteur en archéologie islamique, Mourad Rammah est le conservateur de la médina de Kairouan. Lauréat du prix Agha Khan d'architecture, il publie divers articles sur l'histoire de l'archéologie médiévale islamique en Tunisie et participe à différentes expositions sur l'architecture islamique. De 1982 à 1994, il est en charge du département de muséographie du Centre des arts et des civilisations islamiques. Mourad Rammah est également directeur du Centre des manuscrits de Kairouan.
Seçili bibliyografya	Tunisia: from Christianity to Islam(exhibition catalogue), Lattes, 2001, p.194, plate no. 112.Ifriqiya: Thirteen Centuries of Art and Architecture in Tunisia, pp.159–62, 182–3.

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Your page is the Holy Quran

(ورقتان من قرآن كريم)

Publication Date End of the 2nd century - beginning of the 3rd century AH/end of the 8th century - beginning of the 9th century AD

Publication Place Probably Kairouan. - Museum of Islamic Arts

Subject Nonsense Qazim sheet.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions مستطيلة؛ 35 سم X 25 سم، أربعة عشر سطراً

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID P 208

Record ID object;ISL;tn;Mus01;1;ar

Library Location Museum of Islamic Arts

Date End of the 2nd century - beginning of the 3rd century AH/end of the 8th century - beginning of the 9th century AD

Notes These two pages are taken from a copy of the Holy Qur’an, written in black, bold Kufic script. They include verses from Surat Al-Balad (Surat No. 90), from verse 10 to verse 12, and verses from Surat Al-Shams (Surat No. 91), from verse 1 to verse 6. The diacritic movements are indicated with red dots, while the nunation is indicated by two red dots on top of each other, following the approach of the scholar Abi Al-Aswad, who passed away. Death in the year 61 AH/681 AD. The use of red to indicate formation movements is a style adopted by the Iraqi school of calligraphy, in contrast to the Andalusian school, which used various colors. In the Great Mosque of Kairouan, one finds a group of copies of the Qur’an written according to both methods, which clearly shows the communicative role that Africa played as a land of meeting between the East and the West. The tenth verse is indicated by a star surrounded by multi-coloured lobes. The title of Surat al-Shams consists of the name of the surah and the number of its verses, written in kufi script, within a gilded frame decorated with braided and semicolon motifs, a style reminiscent of the decoration of the covers of some contemporary Kairouan bound books. The framing ends with a palm-leaf-shaped decoration protruding towards the margin, consisting of simplified leaves and floral motifs adorned with flowers.

Sample Text Mourad Rammah “Two Leaves from the Holy Quran” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tn;Mus01;1;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Mourad RAMMAHNé en 1953 à Kairouan, docteur en archéologie islamique, Mourad Rammah est le conservateur de la médina de Kairouan. Lauréat du prix Agha Khan d'architecture, il publie divers articles sur l'histoire de l'archéologie médiévale islamique en Tunisie et participe à différentes expositions sur l'architecture islamique. De 1982 à 1994, il est en charge du département de muséographie du Centre des arts et des civilisations islamiques. Mourad Rammah est également directeur du Centre des manuscrits de Kairouan.

Seçili bibliyografya Tunisia: from Christianity to Islam(exhibition catalogue), Lattes, 2001, p.194, plate no. 112.Ifriqiya: Thirteen Centuries of Art and Architecture in Tunisia, pp.159–62, 182–3.