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A piece of the Qur’an
(قطعة من مصحف)

Title	A piece of the Qur’an
Title Original	قطعة من مصحف
Publication Date:	First quarter of the eighth century
Publication Place	Medina or Mecca - Austrian National Library (ANL)
Subject	Ink on parchment paper (8th grade) and the font used is probably Hijazi, with 15 lines on the page.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	154 × 212 مم ، 104 صفحات
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	Mixtus 917
Record ID	object;EPM;at;Mus24;7;ar
Library Location	Austrian National Library (ANL)
Date	First quarter of the eighth century
Notes	This part of the Qur’an belongs to one of the oldest Qur’ans in the world: it is likely a very old Iraqi copy, copied in a horizontal rectangular format from the first quarter of the eighth century, and which is laid out in an ancient type of script that can be compared to the Hijazi script that was known in both Mecca and Medina. The rules of Tajweed appear in the form of red dots throughout the text, while the circular medallions in the margin contain the number of verses written in green and framed in green and red. This is important textual evidence of more than 60 previous pieces dating back to before 800 AD, and one of the previous owners can be identified as Kayqubad I of the Sultanate of Rum (1219-1237), and he is likely only one of a few high-level manuscript collectors who was in possession of an ancient copy of the Qur’an.
Sample Text	Theresa Zischkin “Fragment of the Qur’an” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus24;7;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Theresa ZISCHKIN
Seçili bibliyografya	Duda, Dorothea,Islamische Handschriften II. Persische Handschriften, Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, vol. 5, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1992: 296.

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A piece of the Qur’an

(قطعة من مصحف)

Publication Date First quarter of the eighth century

Publication Place Medina or Mecca - Austrian National Library (ANL)

Subject Ink on parchment paper (8th grade) and the font used is probably Hijazi, with 15 lines on the page.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 154 × 212 مم ، 104 صفحات

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID Mixtus 917

Record ID object;EPM;at;Mus24;7;ar

Library Location Austrian National Library (ANL)

Date First quarter of the eighth century

Notes This part of the Qur’an belongs to one of the oldest Qur’ans in the world: it is likely a very old Iraqi copy, copied in a horizontal rectangular format from the first quarter of the eighth century, and which is laid out in an ancient type of script that can be compared to the Hijazi script that was known in both Mecca and Medina. The rules of Tajweed appear in the form of red dots throughout the text, while the circular medallions in the margin contain the number of verses written in green and framed in green and red. This is important textual evidence of more than 60 previous pieces dating back to before 800 AD, and one of the previous owners can be identified as Kayqubad I of the Sultanate of Rum (1219-1237), and he is likely only one of a few high-level manuscript collectors who was in possession of an ancient copy of the Qur’an.

Sample Text Theresa Zischkin “Fragment of the Qur’an” in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;at;Mus24;7;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Theresa ZISCHKIN

Seçili bibliyografya Duda, Dorothea,Islamische Handschriften II. Persische Handschriften, Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, vol. 5, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1992: 296.