Folios from Qur'an
Date: 11th Century
Dimensions:
H: 4 31/32 in. (12.6 cm); W: 3 25/32 in. (9.6 cm)
Medium: Double page, ink and gold on vellum
Place of Origin: Iran
Classification: Manuscripts
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Riefstahl
Object number: 1969.307
DescriptionA folded leaf from a Qur'an, two folios with seven lines of rugged eastern Kufic on each page. Gold chapter heading, diacritical marks in red. Sura Al-Balad (90: 6-14) and Surah Al-Qadr (97: 1-4). Eastern Kufic style; this style was developed and vastly used in Greater Khorasan (northeastern Iran) in the 10th and 11th centuries.
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