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A leaf from the Qur’an
(ورقة من قرآن)

Title	A leaf from the Qur’an
Title Original	ورقة من قرآن
Author	Ali Ibn Ahmed Al-Warraq.
Author Original	علي ابن أحمد الوراق
Publication Date:	410 AH/1020 AD
Publication Place	Kairouan. - Museum of Islamic Arts, Raqqada; Kairouan
Subject	Qadim sheet
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	مستطيلة؛ 45.5 سم x 31 سم، خمسة أسطر، صفحة واحدة
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	P 227
Record ID	object;ISL;tn;Mus01;4;ar
Library Location	Museum of Islamic Arts, Raqqada; Kairouan
Date	410 AH/1020 AD
Notes	A sheet of Qur’an copied onto a piece of paper, on which Surah Al-Fatihah was written (Sura No. 1, verses 1 and 2). The writing has not yet been recognized well, due to the use of the two scripts, Kufic, Naskh and Rayhani. The calligraphy of the cursive writing tends more to the rectangular shape than to the curved shape. The dots of the vowels are not present in this writing, but according to the system developed by the grammarian Al-Khalil Ibn Ahmad, the diacritic movements are abundant in it, and they are red in color for the vowels, blue in color for the signs of sukun and shadda, and bright green in color for the signs of hamza and duration. This paper is distinguished by the presence of a strip containing the name and number of verses of the following surah written in gold. The name was written inside a group of frames placed on top of each other, where a geometric decoration of braids and a floral decoration consisting mainly of a multi-lobed flower alternate. Some of these strips are engraved with gold, while the entire circumference is covered in maroon, while a palm leaf composed of floral decorations adorned with flowers protrudes towards the margin. At the top of the page and on the right margin there is a maroon-colored diamond rhombus bearing geometric decorations, and the corners are decorated with four capitals painted in the same color. Meanwhile, the ribs are decorated outward with maroon and blue circles. As for the central part, it was decorated with calligraphic inscriptions in gold indicating the number of verses. He copied this Qur’an and had it decorated in gold and bound by Ibn Ahmad al-Warraq for Fatima, the nurse (nanny) of the Zirid prince Badis. The work was supervised and financed by Mrs. Dora, the nanny’s secretary. The Index of the Completion of the Qur’an refers to the donation document presented by the governess of Prince Badis in favor of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, and authenticated by the judge of Kairouan, Abdallah Ibn Hashim.
Sample Text	Mourad Rammah “A leaf from the Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tn;Mus01;4;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	Lings, M., and Safadi, Y.-H.,The Arts of Islam(exhibition catalogue), London, 1976, p.30, plate no. 25.De Carthage a Kairouan(exhibition catalogue), Paris, 1982, p.273, plate no. 357.Ifriqiya: Thirteen Centuries of Art and Architecture in Tunisia, pp.175–6.

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A leaf from the Qur’an

(ورقة من قرآن)

Author Ali Ibn Ahmed Al-Warraq.

Author Original علي ابن أحمد الوراق

Publication Date 410 AH/1020 AD

Publication Place Kairouan. - Museum of Islamic Arts, Raqqada; Kairouan

Subject Qadim sheet

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions مستطيلة؛ 45.5 سم x 31 سم، خمسة أسطر، صفحة واحدة

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID P 227

Record ID object;ISL;tn;Mus01;4;ar

Library Location Museum of Islamic Arts, Raqqada; Kairouan

Date 410 AH/1020 AD

Notes A sheet of Qur’an copied onto a piece of paper, on which Surah Al-Fatihah was written (Sura No. 1, verses 1 and 2). The writing has not yet been recognized well, due to the use of the two scripts, Kufic, Naskh and Rayhani. The calligraphy of the cursive writing tends more to the rectangular shape than to the curved shape. The dots of the vowels are not present in this writing, but according to the system developed by the grammarian Al-Khalil Ibn Ahmad, the diacritic movements are abundant in it, and they are red in color for the vowels, blue in color for the signs of sukun and shadda, and bright green in color for the signs of hamza and duration. This paper is distinguished by the presence of a strip containing the name and number of verses of the following surah written in gold. The name was written inside a group of frames placed on top of each other, where a geometric decoration of braids and a floral decoration consisting mainly of a multi-lobed flower alternate. Some of these strips are engraved with gold, while the entire circumference is covered in maroon, while a palm leaf composed of floral decorations adorned with flowers protrudes towards the margin. At the top of the page and on the right margin there is a maroon-colored diamond rhombus bearing geometric decorations, and the corners are decorated with four capitals painted in the same color. Meanwhile, the ribs are decorated outward with maroon and blue circles. As for the central part, it was decorated with calligraphic inscriptions in gold indicating the number of verses. He copied this Qur’an and had it decorated in gold and bound by Ibn Ahmad al-Warraq for Fatima, the nurse (nanny) of the Zirid prince Badis. The work was supervised and financed by Mrs. Dora, the nanny’s secretary. The Index of the Completion of the Qur’an refers to the donation document presented by the governess of Prince Badis in favor of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, and authenticated by the judge of Kairouan, Abdallah Ibn Hashim.

Sample Text Mourad Rammah “A leaf from the Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tn;Mus01;4;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 Lings, M., and Safadi, Y.-H.,The Arts of Islam(exhibition catalogue), London, 1976, p.30, plate no. 25.De Carthage a Kairouan(exhibition catalogue), Paris, 1982, p.273, plate no. 357.Ifriqiya: Thirteen Centuries of Art and Architecture in Tunisia, pp.175–6.