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Source Description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.553 contains verses from the Surat al-a'raf, penned in an Early Abbasid script (Kufic) on parchment.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
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80027
label
Leaf from Qur'an
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
80027
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Leaf from Qur'an
description
This folio from Walters manuscript W.553 contains verses from the Surat al-a'raf, penned in an Early Abbasid script (Kufic) on parchment.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid)
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
illuminated manuscripts
folios (leaves)
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
16
height
24
dimensionsRaw
H: 6 5/16 x W: 9 7/16 in. (16 x 24 cm)
Source extras
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Islamic
med
ink and pigments on parchment
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6768
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MIS
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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