Manuscript/Mixed Material Qur'anic verses
About this Item
Title
- Qur'anic verses
Created / Published
- 9th century
Headings
- - Calligraphy, Arabic
- - Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
- - Arabian Peninsula
- - Arabic script calligraphy
- - Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
- - Islamic calligraphy
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Kufi
- - Qur'anic verses
Notes
- - Qur'anic verses 13-18 of the 81st chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Takwir (The Folding Up), written in the Kufi D.I. style from the 9th century.
- - And when the Garden is brought near, / Then each soul will know what it has done. (81:13-14).
- - Dimensions of Written Surface: 12.3 (w) x 7.7 (h) cm
- - The script's style is close to the Kufi D.I. category of the 9th century (Déroche 1992: 70, cat. no. 22). Executed in six lines, the text is written in black ink, outlined with gold cloud bands, and provided with a multicolored frame. Although there are no diacritical marks, vocalization is indicated by red dots. The verse marker on the last line of the recto consists of a gold rosette with the term khamsah (five) inscribed in its center. In the lower right corner, a hole has eaten through a letter.
- - This calligraphic fragment includes verses 13-18 of the 81st chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Takwir (The Folding Up). The text continues with verses 18-21 on the fragment's verso (1-87-154.82b V). This surah provides a series of graphic images on the Day of Judgment, when the world shatters and souls are weighed:
- - Script: Kufi
- - 1-87-154.82b
Medium
- 1 volume ; 15.6 (w) x 10.2 (h) cm
Repository
- Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2019714666
Online Format
- image