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Page from a Qur’an in muhaqqaq, naskhi, and kufic scriptfront

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Page from a Qur’an in muhaqqaq, naskhi, and kufic script

  • Description

    Multi-volume Qur’ans with three or five lines of cursive script per page such as this (Qur’an, 4:174) appear to have been produced in Anatolia in the decades following the Mongol invasion and the conquest of Baghdad, which occurred in 1256. At the same time, the inclusion of a Persian translation underneath each verse indicates that this copy was intended for a Persian-speaking user, suggesting Iran as an alternative place of production.

    Framing the text block is a decorative band in kufic featuring excerpts from hadiths, wise sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, that proclaim the virtues of reciting the Qur’an.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iran (north-west) (possible place of creation)
    Asia › Turkey (possible place of creation)
    Date
    late 13th century - early 14th century
    Material and technique
    ink, colour, and gold on paper
    Dimensions
    page 26.9 x 18.1 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper,
    processed material › metal › gold
    Technique index
    decorated › painted,
    painted,
    covered › coated › painted,
    marked › painted
    Object type index
    communications equipment › manuscript,
    religious/ritual equipment,
    visual representation › calligraphy,
    visual representation › painting
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Bequeathed by Christopher T. Gandy, 2012.
    Accession no.
    EA2012.69

Glossary (2)

hadiths, kufic

  • hadiths

    Muhammad's comments and sayings.

  • 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.

Past Exhibition

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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