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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialBismillah and Qur'anic verse (81:1-14) In Rayhani script, a Quranic page, probable location of 13 century Iran. Dimensions of Written Surface: 15.5 (w) x 8.8 (h) cm The calligraphy is executed in rayhani script. This writing style is most closely associated with the master calligrapher Yaqut al-Musta'simi (d. 1298) and Qur'ans produced in Iran during the 13th and 14th centuries. It is related to other cursive styles, in particular…- Date: 13??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialQur'anic verses (4: 94-100, 100-105) Qur'an, Surah in the Eastern Kufi style associated to Iraq and Iran. Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 22 (w) x 28.5 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 22.3 (w) x 28.5 (h) cm. Many Qur'ans written in eastern Kufi, such as this example, bear the complete vowelling system invented by al-Khalil b. Ahmad (Zakariya 1979, 19), which set the standard for Arabic orthography…- Date: 11??
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialQur'anic verses Qur'anic verses in eastern Kufi script, Iraq or Iran, 10th to the 13th centuries. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 8 (w) x 15.5 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 8 (w) x 15.5 (h) cm. Pharaoh said: "O Haman, build me a lofty palace so that I may find the ways and means of reaching the skies and that I may mount up…- Date: 10??
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