Publication Date
Second century AH / beginning of the eighth century AD
Publication Place
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Chester Beatty Library
Subject
Colored pigments and ink on parchment
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
38 × 47 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
CBL Is 1404
Record ID
object;EPM;ir;Mus21;1;ar
Library Location
Chester Beatty Library
Date
Second century AH / beginning of the eighth century AD
Notes
These pages are part of a 201-page collection of one of the oldest extant Qur’an manuscripts that is generally considered to have been produced at the beginning of the eighth century and therefore no more than a century after the death of the Prophet Muhammad in the eleventh year of the Islamic era (632 AD). The text of the Qur’an is always in Arabic, and these pages are written in Kufic script on parchment. The colorful bands of geometric decoration are in a range of colors consisting mainly of red, blue, green and yellow pigments, which mark the beginning of the new surah of the Qur’an.
Sample Text
“Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;1;ar
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