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Qur’an
(مصحف)

Title	Qur’an
Title Original	مصحف
Publication Date:	Sixth - seventh century AH / twelfth - thirteenth century AD
Publication Place	Sinjar - Chester Beatty Library
Subject	Colored pigments and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	12.2 × 16 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CBL Is 1448
Record ID	object;EPM;ir;Mus21;6;ar
Library Location	Chester Beatty Library
Date	Sixth - seventh century AH / twelfth - thirteenth century AD
Notes	The Qur’an is often divided into parts, for example thirty parts, and each part is read every day in Ramadan, which is the month of fasting, or seven parts, one of which is read every day of the week. In this manuscript, the end of each part was originally marked with a gold-plated paragraph. Each page of the text is written in thuluth script using gold ink, outlined externally in black.
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;6;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: IR 06

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Qur’an

(مصحف)

Publication Date Sixth - seventh century AH / twelfth - thirteenth century AD

Publication Place Sinjar - Chester Beatty Library

Subject Colored pigments and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 12.2 × 16 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CBL Is 1448

Record ID object;EPM;ir;Mus21;6;ar

Library Location Chester Beatty Library

Date Sixth - seventh century AH / twelfth - thirteenth century AD

Notes The Qur’an is often divided into parts, for example thirty parts, and each part is read every day in Ramadan, which is the month of fasting, or seven parts, one of which is read every day of the week. In this manuscript, the end of each part was originally marked with a gold-plated paragraph. Each page of the text is written in thuluth script using gold ink, outlined externally in black.

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;6;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: IR 06