The Qur'an
(قرآن)

Title	The Qur'an
Title Original	قرآن
Publication Place	- [publisher not identified]
Type	Book
Language	Undetermined
Digital	No
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1 online resource.
Library:	Library of Congress
Library Asset ID	2021667226
Record ID	22057216
Sample Text	This manuscript, consisting of 60 paper leaves, is the 20th juz' (section) of one of the greatest Qurʼanic manuscripts known to exist. Originally it consisted of 30 volumes. Other sections of single folios are to be found in various libraries, museums, and collections. This manuscript belongs to a small group of manuscripts that can be assigned (from the similarity of the writing to the decoration of the so-called Samanid ceramics, as well as from the names of writers) to eastern Iran and can be attributed from dated copies to the 11th or 12th centuries. The text is written on five lines to a page. The writing is a special eastern form of Kufic of distinct metallic precision. The monumental impression conveyed by the writing is luxuriously enriched by colorful additions. Golden circular dots serve as diacritical marks; vocalization is in red; further marks for reading and lecturing are in green and blue. In the margin we find points for further division, and into the margin project the headings for the surahs (chapters, leaves 18 recto and 43 verso) with palm leaf-shaped ura or ansae (handles). At the opening is a page of pure decoration, with a system of daringly stylized arabesque leaves and secondary symmetrical filling of the background. The double pages at the beginning and at the end assume an almost pictorial character, due to the firm framework of the panel of writing and the unbroken ornamentation of its background.
Sınıflandırma	297
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The Qur'an

(قرآن)

Publication Place - [publisher not identified]

Type Book

Language Undetermined

Digital No

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1 online resource.

Library Library of Congress

Library Asset ID 2021667226

Record ID 22057216

Sample Text This manuscript, consisting of 60 paper leaves, is the 20th juz' (section) of one of the greatest Qurʼanic manuscripts known to exist. Originally it consisted of 30 volumes. Other sections of single folios are to be found in various libraries, museums, and collections. This manuscript belongs to a small group of manuscripts that can be assigned (from the similarity of the writing to the decoration of the so-called Samanid ceramics, as well as from the names of writers) to eastern Iran and can be attributed from dated copies to the 11th or 12th centuries. The text is written on five lines to a page. The writing is a special eastern form of Kufic of distinct metallic precision. The monumental impression conveyed by the writing is luxuriously enriched by colorful additions. Golden circular dots serve as diacritical marks; vocalization is in red; further marks for reading and lecturing are in green and blue. In the margin we find points for further division, and into the margin project the headings for the surahs (chapters, leaves 18 recto and 43 verso) with palm leaf-shaped ura or ansae (handles). At the opening is a page of pure decoration, with a system of daringly stylized arabesque leaves and secondary symmetrical filling of the background. The double pages at the beginning and at the end assume an almost pictorial character, due to the firm framework of the panel of writing and the unbroken ornamentation of its background.

Sınıflandırma 297

Tür text