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Single-volume Qur’an
(مصحف وحيد المجلد)

Title	Single-volume Qur’an
Title Original	مصحف وحيد المجلد
Publication Date:	Approximately 1000-1050 AD
Publication Place	Iraq - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Yellow agate, wheel-cut and inscribed with naksha script
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	202 folios; 14 x 11cm
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	QUR 284
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus21;12;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Approximately 1000-1050 AD
Notes	The surviving verso of a two-page frontispiece (page 1a) is laid out as two overlapping circles in a braided border, each containing part of the verse, number of letters, and punctuation/diacritical marks. This is derived from the longitudinal gilding of the first Qur’ans and indicates that the transition from the vertical form did not directly impose a new definitive law on placement. The manuscript ends with a double gilded final section in which the golden color predominates. The model, also here, is based on overlapping circles. The text is copied in Naskh script and has twenty lines per page. The chapters of the surahs are written in golden Kufi with golden palmettes in the margins, which sometimes contain the name of the place where the surah was revealed. Individual verses are not marked, but groups of five verses are indicated in an oval shape, and groups of ten verses are indicated in a circle.
Sample Text	“Single-volume Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;12;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: UK1 12
Seçili bibliyografya	James, D.,The Master Scribes. Qur’ans of the 10th to 14th Centuries AD, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 2, 1992, cat.1, pp.24–7.Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: no.56, p.68.

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Single-volume Qur’an

(مصحف وحيد المجلد)

Publication Date Approximately 1000-1050 AD

Publication Place Iraq - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Yellow agate, wheel-cut and inscribed with naksha script

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 202 folios; 14 x 11cm

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID QUR 284

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus21;12;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date Approximately 1000-1050 AD

Notes The surviving verso of a two-page frontispiece (page 1a) is laid out as two overlapping circles in a braided border, each containing part of the verse, number of letters, and punctuation/diacritical marks. This is derived from the longitudinal gilding of the first Qur’ans and indicates that the transition from the vertical form did not directly impose a new definitive law on placement. The manuscript ends with a double gilded final section in which the golden color predominates. The model, also here, is based on overlapping circles. The text is copied in Naskh script and has twenty lines per page. The chapters of the surahs are written in golden Kufi with golden palmettes in the margins, which sometimes contain the name of the place where the surah was revealed. Individual verses are not marked, but groups of five verses are indicated in an oval shape, and groups of ten verses are indicated in a circle.

Sample Text “Single-volume Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus21;12;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: UK1 12

Seçili bibliyografya James, D.,The Master Scribes. Qur’ans of the 10th to 14th Centuries AD, London: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, volume 2, 1992, cat.1, pp.24–7.Rogers, J.M.,The Arts of Islam. Masterpieces from the Khalili Collection, London: Thames & Hudson, 2010: no.56, p.68.