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Title

  • Qur'anic verses

Created / Published

  • 14th-15th centuries

Headings

  • -  Calligraphy, Arabic
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Egypt
  • -  Syria
  • -  Iran
  • -  Arabic script calligraphy
  • -  Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Islamic calligraphy
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Muhaqqaq
  • -  Qur'anic verses

Notes

  • -  Qur'anic verses 93-95 of the 6th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-An'am (The Cattle), written in the Muhaqqaq script typical of Ilkhanid (Iran), Mamluk (Egypt & Syria) produced in 14th-15th cents.
  • -  Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 13.5 (w) x 18.5 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 13.5 (w) x 19.5 (h) cm
  • -  It is God Who causes the seed grain and the date stone to split and sprout. / He causes the living to issue from the dead, / And He is the One to cause the dead to issue from the living (6:95).
  • -  Surat al-An'am dates from the late Meccan period and consists of 165 verses. Verses 93-97 in particular stress man's capacity to comprehend God's majesty when faced with His creations:
  • -  The text is executed in large and clear muhaqqaq script in black ink on five lines per page typical of Ilkhanid (Iran) and Mamluk (Egypt and Syria) Qur'ans produced during the 14th and 15th centuries (James 1992a: 154-157, cat. no. 37 and James 1998, cat. nos. 35 and 39). Verse markers consist of six-petalled flowers decorated by a square gold leaf and blue and red dots. In the lower left margin appears a juz' (section) marker. It consists of a disk decorated with gold ornamental motifs and inscribed in blue ink with the word rub' (fourth).
  • -  This calligraphic fragment includes verses 93-95 of the 6th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-An'am (The Cattle). The text continues with verses 95-97 on the fragment's verso (1-89-154.184 V).
  • -  Script: muhaqqaq
  • -  1-89-154.184

Medium

  • 1 volume ; 20.1 (w) x 30.1 (h) cm

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019714688

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

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