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    Qur'anic verses Qur'anic verses 78-80 of the 12th chapter of the Qur'an entitled Yusuf (Joseph), written in Muhaqqaq script suring the Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) in Iran. Dimensions of Written Surface: 23.3 (w) x 35.3 (h) cm Qur'ans executed in gold muhaqqaq script outlined in black at five lines per page and provided with radial verse markers similar to this fragment were produced during the Ilkhanid period...
    • Date: 12??

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    [Bible]. Ms. Vulgate Latin Bible written (in England?) in the 1st half of the 13th cent. Imperfect: Psalms wanting. Library of Congress. Medieval and Renaissance ms. bks., 1 Ricci, S. de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 229, no. 100 Ricci, S. de. Medieval and Renaissance mss. (suppl.), p. 119, no. 72
    • Date: 1200

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    Qur'anic verses Qur'anic verses 68-69 of the 5th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Ma'idah (The Table), written in the Maghribi script during the 13th-14th Cent. A number of Qur'ans similar to this fragment were produced on the Iberian peninsula c. 1250-1500. They were made for the Nasrids ruling from Granada, Spain (1232-1492) and the Marinids, who reigned from their capital in Fez, Morrocco (1248-1340). This Qur'an...
    • Date: 12??

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    [Bible]. Ms. Vulgate Latin Bible written (in Paris?) in the mid-13th cent. Library of Congress. Medieval and Renaissance ms. bks., 2 Ricci, S. de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 229, no. 99 Ricci, S. de. Medieval and Renaissance mss. (suppl.), p. 119, no. 71 Includes Interpretationes Hebraicorum nominum.
    • Date: 1200

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    Qur'anic verses Qur'anic verses 34-40 of the 79th chapter of the Qur'an, entitled al-Nazi'at (Those Who Tear Out), written in Thuluth script during the 13th century. Dimensions of Written Surface: 19 (h) x 12.6 (w) cm Surat al-Nazi'at is a Meccan surah containing 46 verses, whose penultimate lines appear on this fragment. These verses are concerned primarily with eschatological themes such as Heaven and Hell, as...
    • Date: 12??

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    Bal'ami's Persian translation of al-Tabari's "Ta'rikh" Persian Naskh script, a page from Bal'ami's Persian translation of al-Tabari's "Ta'rikh" from the Il-Khanid period from Persia/Central Asia. Bal'ami's Persian version of Tabari's "Ta'rikh" has been translated into French by Hermann Zotenberg: see "Chronique de Abou Djafar Mohammed-ben-Djarir-ben-Yezid Tabari, traduite sur la version persane d'Abou-Ali Mohammed Bel`ami, d'après les manuscrits de Paris, de Gotha, de Londres et de Canterbury" (Paris: Imprimerie Impériale, 1867-1874)....
    • Date: 12??

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    [Breviary]. Ms. Written in Paris. The primary contents, written probably in the 3rd quarter of the 13th cent., are on leaves 18-505 (as foliated in modern pencil). Additional matter added closer to 1300 is on leaves 6-15 and 507-562. In Latin. Imperfect: 4 leaves of the calendar (all after Apr. 30) and 4 leaves of the Psalter (4 beginnings of liturgical divisions) wanting. These 8...
    • Contributor: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (Library of Congress) - Catholic Church
    • Date: 1260

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    Niṣf Tafsīr al-Qurʼan li-Abī al-Layth al-Samarqandī
    نصف تفسير القرآن لأبي الليث السمرقندي Catalog Record Only
    Commentary on the Qurʼān by Abū al-Layth al-Samarqandī (d.983?) covering first half of the Qurʼān from of Sūrat al-Fātiḥah (2) through Sūrat al-Kahf (238). $5 DLC
    • Contributor: Abū Al-Layth Al-Samarqandī, Naṣr Ibn Muḥammad - Baker, Richard Brown - Baker Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1293
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    Hajj directions By 13th-century calligrapher Yaqut al-Musta'simi (d. 696/1296), active at the 'Abbasid court in Baghdad and in the Thuluth script. Although the text is not signed and certain additions may have been made later, it is possible that this fragment was executed by Yaqut al-Musta'simi himself. Dimensions of Written Surface: 25 (w) x 4 (h) cm On the fragment's verso appears a note attributing the...
    • Contributor: Yaqut
    • Date: 12??
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    Qur'anic verses Qur'anic verses 78-80 of the 12th chapter of the Qur'an entitled Yusuf (Joseph), written in Muhaqqaq script suring the Ilkhanid period (1256-1353) in Iran. Dimensions of Written Surface: 23.4 (w) x 34.6 (h) cm Qur'ans executed in gold muhaqqaq script outlined in black at five lines per page and provided with radial verse markers similar to this fragment were produced during the Ilkhanid period...
    • Date: 12??

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    End of treatise on masorah in Judeo-Arabic Oriental square script. Description based on finding aid [חיבור במסורה בערבית] End of a treatise on masorah in Judeo-Arabic. Only from the middle of pericope Ekev. Mainly on the vowel letters and plene or defective spellings.
    • Date: 12??

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    Qur'anic verses Qur'anic verses from the 13th century written in the Thuluth script probably from the Jazirah region or (Upper Mesopotamia) (Iraq, Syria, Arabia). Dimensions of Sheet: Recto: a 16.6 (w) x 15.3 (h) cm, b 16.9 (w) x 15.4 (h) cm, c 12.5 (w) x 19.3 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: a 11.6 (w) x 15.3 (h) cm, b 11.6 (w) x 15.4...
    • Date: 12??

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    Interlinear Qur'an (Surat al-Nisa') A further sense of antiquity appears in the gold surah heading in Kufi at the top of the left folio. It harks back to earlier decorative ornaments and illumination present in Qur'ans of the 'Abbasid period (Déroche 1992). The paper is cream-colored, and the ink on the verso shows through to the recto. An effaced gold and blue ayah marker appears in the right...
    • Date: 1250

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