Artifact

Page from a Qur'an (verso)

1100s Sheet: 30.6 x 20 cm (12 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Text area: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.) Source image

East Persian ornamental Kufic (a script used for Qur’an transcriptions) in black, red, and gold fill this page, which is additionally decorated with gold and blue medallions on its border. Twenty-three lines from the Qur’an’s Sura al-Waqi'ah (The Event, or Day of Resurrection; 56: 1–26) constitute the text.

  • Fechado en 1100s
  • Derechos: CC0

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