Manuscript/Mixed Material Qur'anic verses
About this Item
Title
- Qur'anic verses
Created / Published
- 14th century
Headings
- - Calligraphy, Arabic
- - Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
- - Egypt
- - Arabic script calligraphy
- - Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
- - Islamic calligraphy
- - Islamic manuscripts
- - Muhaqqaq
Notes
- - Mamluk era, from Egypt in Muhaqqaq script for writing Qur'ans from 13th century onward.
- - Dimensions of Written Surface: Recto: 14 (w) x 19.5 (h) cm. Dimensions of Written Surface: Verso: 13.5 (w) x 20 (w) cm.
- - Follow that which comes to you as inspiration from God, / Because God knows well what you do. / And put your trust in God, / As God is Sufficient as a Guardian. (33:3-4)
- - O Prophet, fear God and do not listen to the unbelievers and hypocrites, / Verily God is full of knowledge and wisdom. (33:1)
- - The text is calligraphed in small muhaqqaq, one of the cursive scripts typical of Qur'ans produced in Mamluk Egypt during the 14th and 15th centuries (see Lings and Safadi 1976, 52). Due to its clarity and legibility, muhaqqaq was among the favorite scripts used for writing Qur'ans from the 13th century onward.
- - The title of Surat al-Ahzab executed in gold ink outlined in black specifies that the chapter contains 73 verses. The beginning of this surah discusses the necessity of abandoning pagan customs. The verso of this Qur'anic fragment includes verses 2-4 of Surat al-Ahzab.
- - This Qur'anic fragment includes the last verse (30) of the 32nd chapter of the Qur'an, i.e. Surat al-Sajdah (The Prostration), as well as the chapter heading, the bismillah, and first verse of the subsequent chapter (33) entitled Surat al-Ahzab (The Confederates). The subsequent verses of Surat al-Ahzab continue on the fragment's verso (1-93-154.178 V).
- - Written in five lines per page in a plain script, this fragment includes a section marker in the upper left margin. The ornament contains the word "half" (nisf) written vertically in gold ink on a gray ground. The verse markers consist of six-lobed flowers decorated with a small square leaf of gold and red & blue dots between each petal.
- - Script: Muhaqqaq
- - 1-93-154.178
Medium
- 1 volume ; 20.9 (w) x 30.2 (h) cm
Repository
- Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2019714494
Online Format
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