Top of page

About this Item

Title

  • Faux Kufi Qur'an

Created / Published

  • 20th century

Headings

  • -  Calligraphy, Arabic
  • -  Manuscripts, Arabic--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Iraq
  • -  Iran
  • -  Arabic script calligraphy
  • -  Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Islamic calligraphy
  • -  Islamic manuscripts
  • -  Kufi

Notes

  • -  A modern forgery of a 9-10th cent. Qur'an. Written in imitation Kufi script framed with an illuminated border possibly cut out from an older Persian manuscript.
  • -  Dimensions of Written Surface: 11 (w) x 7.8 (h) cm
  • -  These kinds of reproductions have appeared on the art market and seem to originate from one particular workshop engaged in imitating older Qur'ans and decorating them with illuminations salvaged from Persian manuscripts.
  • -  This piece constitutes a modern forgery of an early (9-10th century) Qur'an. Written in imitation Kufi script in black and red ink on a beige paper, the text panel is framed with an illuminated border possibly cut out from an older Persian manuscript. The text and illuminated border are pasted to a larger brown sheet of paper backed by cardboard.
  • -  Script: Kufi
  • -  1-84-154.17

Medium

  • 1 volume ; 25.8 (w) x 18.7 (h) cm

Repository

  • Library of Congress African and Middle Eastern Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2019714543

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

The contents of the Library of Congress Selections of Arabic, Persian, and Ottoman Calligraphy are in the public domain or have no known copyright restrictions and are free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, African and Middle East Division, Near East Section Persian Manuscript Collection

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Faux Kufi Qur'an. 20th Century. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/2019714543/.

APA citation style:

Faux Kufi Qur'an. 20th Century. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2019714543/.

MLA citation style:

Faux Kufi Qur'an. 20th Century. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2019714543/>.