Six leaves from a Qurʼan.

Title	Six leaves from a Qurʼan.
Publication Date:	11th century
Publication Place	11th century -
Subject	Quran Manuscripts
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	6 leaves (6 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 135 x 200 mm
Library:	The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID	MS M.838.1-6
Record ID	77382
Library Location	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date	11th century
Notes	Ms. leaves from a Qurʼan; written and decorated in the 11th century. Text: sura 35, al-Fāṭir (the Creator), verses 22-27 (fol. 1), 30-43 (fol. 2-6). One fol. is lacking between fol. 1 and 2. Decoration: written in brownish ink with diagonal strokes for diacriticals and red and green dots of vocalization; a gold hāʼ marks the end of the fifth verse on fol. 3v; gold circles containing gold cursive inscriptions are found on fol. 2 and 5 v.
Edinim bilgisi	Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Provenans	Belle da Costa Greene.
Yazı türü	Kufic

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Six leaves from a Qurʼan.

Publication Date 11th century

Publication Place 11th century -

Subject Quran Manuscripts

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 6 leaves (6 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 135 x 200 mm

Library The Morgan Library & Museum

Library Asset ID MS M.838.1-6

Record ID 77382

Library Location Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Date 11th century

Notes Ms. leaves from a Qurʼan; written and decorated in the 11th century. Text: sura 35, al-Fāṭir (the Creator), verses 22-27 (fol. 1), 30-43 (fol. 2-6). One fol. is lacking between fol. 1 and 2. Decoration: written in brownish ink with diagonal strokes for diacriticals and red and green dots of vocalization; a gold hāʼ marks the end of the fifth verse on fol. 3v; gold circles containing gold cursive inscriptions are found on fol. 2 and 5 v.

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

Provenans Belle da Costa Greene.

Yazı türü Kufic