[القرآن. سورة 71:27-28].

[al-Qurʾān. Sūrah 71:27-28].

Uniform title
Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Arabic
Published/​Created
[between 8--? and 9--?]
Description
1 leaf : parchment ; 201 x 290 (125 x 190) mm.

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    Summary note
    Fragment of the Qurʾān containing Sūrah 71:27 (in part) - 28, likely from the 9th or 10th centuries.
    Notes
    • Ms. leaf.
    • Physical description: 5 lines per page; written in early Abbasid script (style D.Va--see Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 48) in brown-black ink on parchment. Vocalized with red and green dots. Āyahs terminate with gold, red, and green medallions bearing the word "Allāh." Thirtieth āyah (i.e. 28) indicated by a large medallion in the margin of verso. Some water damage and slight loss of parchment, mainly marginal.
    • Origin: Likely from the 9th or 10th centuries; compare with Déroche, F., The Abbasid tradition, no. 48.
    Language note
    Arabic.
    Source acquisition
    Gift; Robert Garrett (Princeton Class of 1897), 1942.
    OCLC
    122764835
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