Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.842).

Title	Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.842).
Publication Date:	10th century
Publication Place	10th century -
Subject	Quran Manuscripts
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	1 leaf (5 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 204 x 330 mm
Library:	The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID	MS M.842
Record ID	77379
Library Location	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date	10th century
Notes	Ms. single leaf from a Qurʼan, written and decorated in the 10th century. Text: sura 41, Fuṣṣilat (Explained), verses 13-15. Decoration: written in brownish ink with gold, red, and green dots indicating vocalization; a gold rosette with a pale green center follows each verse. Mounted in a card frame which is probably 19th century Indian; constructed of strips of paper colored magenta with gold, white, purple, and black on the recto and aquamarine with gold, white, magenta, and black on the verso.
Edinim bilgisi	Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Provenans	Belle da Costa Greene.
Yazı türü	Kufic

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Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.842).

Publication Date 10th century

Publication Place 10th century -

Subject Quran Manuscripts

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 1 leaf (5 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 204 x 330 mm

Library The Morgan Library & Museum

Library Asset ID MS M.842

Record ID 77379

Library Location Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Date 10th century

Notes Ms. single leaf from a Qurʼan, written and decorated in the 10th century. Text: sura 41, Fuṣṣilat (Explained), verses 13-15. Decoration: written in brownish ink with gold, red, and green dots indicating vocalization; a gold rosette with a pale green center follows each verse. Mounted in a card frame which is probably 19th century Indian; constructed of strips of paper colored magenta with gold, white, purple, and black on the recto and aquamarine with gold, white, magenta, and black on the verso.

Edinim bilgisi Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.

Provenans Belle da Costa Greene.

Yazı türü Kufic