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Title

  • Qur'anic verses

Created / Published

  • 9th-10th centuries

Headings

  • -  Calligraphy, Arabic
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iraq
  • -  Arabian Peninsula
  • -  Arabic script calligraphy
  • -  Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Islamic calligraphy
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Kufi
  • -  Qur'anic verses

Notes

  • -  Qur'anic verses 32-33 of the 35th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Fatir (The Originator of Creation), written in the Kufi script is comparable to D. Va during the 9th and 10th cents.
  • -  Dimensions of Written Surface: 13.1 (w) x 8.3 (h) cm
  • -  Due to the script and the dimensions of the written surface, it appears that this folio was drawn from the same Qur'an as 1-94-154.174 R & V.
  • -  Gardens of Eternity they will enter. / Therein they will be adorned with bracelets of gold and pearls, / And their garments there will be made of silk. (35:33)
  • -  Surat al-Fatir deals with the mysteries and forces of Creation (al-khalq), as well as the angelic forces that maintain Creation. Paradise is promised for the believers, and Hell for the unbelievers. Those who have persevered in the path of righteousness are promised Paradise.
  • -  The text on the recto is executed on the flesh side of the parchment. As a result, the ink has worn off considerably. The verso text is executed on the hair side of the parchment. As a result, the ink has not worn off substantially The Kufi script is comparable to D. Va, a writing style found on horizontal Qur'ans produced during the 9th and 10th centuries. It is executed in black ink at 6 lines per page. Diacritics are marked by red dots and long "a" (alif) sounds by green dots. A yellow stain appears on the top line of the recto, and several marks in dark black have been added at a later date. On the verso a verse marker appears on line 5. It consists of a gold rosette whose interior is decorated with arabesques in light brown ink and whose perimeter is dotted by blue circles. A hole appears in the folio's center.
  • -  This calligraphic fragment includes verses 32-33 of the 35th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Fatir (The Originator of Creation). The text continues with verses 33-35 on the folio's verso (1-89-154.186 V). These particular verses are found on another fragment of a Qur'an also executed in Kufi script in the collections of the Library of Congress (1-84-154.20c).
  • -  Script: Kufi
  • -  1-89-154.186

Medium

  • 1 volume ; 18.1 (w) x 12 (h) cm

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019714690

Online Format

  • pdf
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Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

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

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