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Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto)

1200s–1300s

Southern Spain

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Medium
ink, gold, and color on parchment
Measurements
Sheet: 52.7 x 55.4 cm (20 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.); Text area: 46.5 x 44 cm (18 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.440.a
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Description

This page from the “Chapter of Light” (24:59–61) in the Qur'an is written in the monumental script of Islamic Spain and North Africa, known as Maghribi Kufic. Words flow rhythmically with curving flourishes toward the left margin where letters end in almost perfect semicircles, an elegant hallmark that contrasts with the upright shafts. Distinctive markings—vowels in red and diacritics in blue—identify the vocalization of the text, which would have been read or recited aloud to an assembly.

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto)

1200s–1300s

Southern Spain

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