Accession number:
MS M.733
Title:
Qurʾan, seven leaves
Created:
10th century.
Binding:
Former binding: green morocco by Zaehnsdorf; binding has been preserved.
Credit:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1915.
Description:
7 leaves (14 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 118 x 185 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) from Professor R. Meyer Riefstahl (1880-1936) in 1915.
Notes:
Ms. Qurʾan fragment; written and decorated in the 10th century.
Texts: sura 14, Ibrāhim (Abraham), verse 41, to sura 15, al-Ḥijr (Hijr), verse 54 (fol. 1-2v); verse 99 to sura 16, al-Naḥl (the Bee), verse 93, fol. 3-7v.
Decoration: written in brownish ink; red dots for voweling and some diacriticals in the form of brown dots; after every tenth verse is a red circle; the first line of each sura is in red.
Script:
cursive
Language:
Arabic
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