Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.792).

Title	Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.792).
Publication Date:	10th century.
Publication Place	Possibly Iran or Iraq, 10th century. -
Subject	Quran Manuscripts
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	1 leaf (17 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 226 x 295 mm
Library:	The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID	MS M.792
Record ID	77375
Library Location	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date	10th century.
Notes	Ms. single leaf from a Qurʼan; written and decorated in the 10th century, possibly in Iran or Iraq. Text: sura 24, al-Nūr (Light), verse 61, to sura 25, al-Furqān (the Criterion), verse 10. Another leaf of this Qurʼan is held by the Freer Art Gallery. Decoration: red dots mark vowels and groups of parallel strokes mark the ends of verse; every tenth verse is marked by a small gold rectangle.
Edinim bilgisi	Gift of Belle da Costa Greene, 1941.
Provenans	Belle da Costa Greene.
Yazı türü	Kufic

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Qurʼan single leaf (MS M.792).

Publication Date 10th century.

Publication Place Possibly Iran or Iraq, 10th century. -

Subject Quran Manuscripts

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 1 leaf (17 lines) : vellum, ill. ; 226 x 295 mm

Library The Morgan Library & Museum

Library Asset ID MS M.792

Record ID 77375

Library Location Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Date 10th century.

Notes Ms. single leaf from a Qurʼan; written and decorated in the 10th century, possibly in Iran or Iraq. Text: sura 24, al-Nūr (Light), verse 61, to sura 25, al-Furqān (the Criterion), verse 10. Another leaf of this Qurʼan is held by the Freer Art Gallery. Decoration: red dots mark vowels and groups of parallel strokes mark the ends of verse; every tenth verse is marked by a small gold rectangle.

Edinim bilgisi Gift of Belle da Costa Greene, 1941.

Provenans Belle da Costa Greene.

Yazı türü Kufic