Catalog Record: chicago.apis.7819 [xml]
Title | Qur'an |
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Summary | Surah 5:91-94 and 5:97-102 (Kufan system) |
Citations | |
Inv. Id | O.I. 6958 |
Support/Dimensions | Parchment ; 22.2 x 24.0 cm |
Condition | Fine parchment with at least one-third of the original width lost. It must have contained at least 18 lines per page. |
Lines | On recto: 10 lines in Arabic; on verso: 11 lines in Arabic |
Recto/Verso | Source of description: On recto and verso: Qur'an |
Hands | Large, straight, angular Kufic with hardly any spacing between the lines. Letter and word spacing is also comparatively close. Vowels are represented by large dots above, to the left of, and below the letters for a, u, and i respectively. These were originally in red ink, which is now oxidized into black. Diacritical strokes are used fully and freely. |
Origin | Unknown |
Language | Arabic |
Date | IInd-IIIrd century A.H. |
Note (general) | No beginning of a surah occurs in the text, but the punctuation devices would point to a simple scheme of decoration. Two or three strokes mark the end of verses. In one instance (verso 4), a double-lined diamond is used. Several geometric designs must have been used to mark groups of 10 verses (recto 1 & verso 3). Small semicircles fringe the outer lines, and the triangles are hatched. These evidently later decorations are clumsy in contrast with the earlier and well executed script. |
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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