Eastern Art Online, Yousef Jameel Centre for Islamic and Asian Art

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Page from a Qur’an in eastern kufic script and with Persian translation in naskhi script

Glossary

kufic

  • kufic

    A term denoting various styles of angular Arabic script. Emerged in the early centuries of Islam, kufic soon became the preferred hand to copy holy texts.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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