36, Leaf from Abbasid Qur'an in Kufic Script

Creator

Preview

Location

North Africa

Creation Date

900

Description

One parchment leaf from the Qurʼān, Abbasid dynasty, circa 900-999, Near East or North Africa. Written in single columns of seven lines in Kufic script.

Text begins on recto at the end of verse 11 of Sūrat al-Aʻlá with part of "wa-yatajannabuhā"; text ends on recto at the beginning of verse 16 with "bal tuʼthir-"; text continues on verso with verse 16 at "-ūna al-ḥayāta; text ends on verso with the end of the sūrah, followed by the title of Sūrat al-Ghāshīyah written in gold ink.

Gift of A. Gordon Hunter.

For more information about this artifact, see: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/giftoftheword/3/

Original Format

1 leaf; manuscript on parchment

Original Size

20 x 13 cm

Link to Primo Catalog Entry

https://search.library.pdx.edu/permalink/f/1gfb8a9/CP71108691020001451

Link to Medieval Portland Entry

https://medievalportland.org/digital-heritage/abbasid-quran-leaf-kufic-script

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34731

Recommended Citation

"36, Leaf from Abbasid Qur'an in Kufic Script" (900). Manuscripts and Incunabula in PSU Special Collections. 27.
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34731