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Fragment, C9th | A Qur’an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, [North Africa or Near East, 9th century]
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Description
A Qur’an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, [North Africa or Near East, 9th century]
a leaf of Arabic manuscript on vellum (118 x 174mm, max), 19 lines to the page in Kufic 💟in sepia ink, diacritics in red, mounted and framed
TEXT
Qur’an, surah al-q⛦asas (XXVIII), verse 33 to middle of verse 61
PROVENANCE
The Boehlen Collection, Bern, MS 810
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