Calligraphy, manuscript
BackDescription:
Qur'an (Koran) page (detached) with eleven lines of Kufic script in black ink on vellum recto and verso; vocalisations shown with red dots; traces of binding on the right.
Object type: | calligraphy, manuscript |
Museum number: | 2001,0605,0.1 |
Culture/period: | Islamic |
Date: | 9thC-10thC |
Production place: | Made in: Iraq |
Materials: | vellum |
Dimensions: | Height: 15.60 cm Width: 23.40 cm |
Location: | 43 |
Exhibition history: | Exhibited: 2004 7 Jan-7 Apr, Kuala Lumpur, Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 'Mightier than the Sword' 2003 22 Mar-25 May, University of Melbourne, Ian Potter Museum of Art, 'Mightier than the Sword' |
Associated titles: | Associated Title: Qur'an~Associated Title: Koran |
Acquisition names: | Purchased from: Dr Michael Willis |
Acquisition date: | 2001 |
Curator's comments:
See E. Whelan 'Writing the Word of God' Ars Orientalis 20 (1990): 124-5
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