A QURAN FOLIO IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON PAPER, NEAR EAST, EARLY 9TH CENTURY A QURAN FOLIO IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON PAPER, NEAR EAST, EARLY 9TH CENTURY

A QURAN FOLIO IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON PAPER, NEAR EAST, EARLY 9TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3003189

Quran manuscript folio on paper, 15 lines written in Kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and small black dots possibly later punctuation, gold roundel dot marking verse-endings, and one khams (fifth verse) marked by gold and polychrome rosette roundels with abjad Kufic ‘ha’ on the fainter side. The text surah Aal-i-Imraan, verses part from 47 on the first side, continue the surah to part verse 56, on the other side. 16.5 by 18.5 cm.