Catalog Record: chicago.apis.7814 [xml]
Title | Qur'an |
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Summary | Surah 72:24-73:16 and 73:19-74:18 (Kufan system) |
Citations | |
Inv. Id | O.I. 6991 |
Support/Dimensions | Parchment ; 16.8 x 14.2 cm |
Condition | Fine parchment probably originally of 18 lines per page and about twice as wide as the preserved piece. Outer margin and text are considerably broken. |
Lines | On recto and verso: 13 lines each in Arabic |
Recto/Verso | Source of description: On recto and verso: Qur'an |
Hands | Small, but graceful Meccan script with comparatively long vertical strokes. The title and number of verses are inserted at the end of each surah. These additions have been made in red ink by a later hand, apparently occupying the blank space left in the last line of each surah. |
Origin | Unknown |
Language | Arabic |
Date | IInd century A.H. |
Note (general) | Small circles in the same ink as the title and number of verses mark the ends of verses. Double concentric red circles mark groups of 5 verses, but these also seem to be later additions. |
Note (general) | Location: Oriental Institute |
Note (general) | Pub. status: Published: recto and verso |
Subjects | Islam; Qur'an; Literary; Parchment |
License | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
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