Western Michigan University, WMU MS 180

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6469

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 180

Title:

Leaf from a Qurʼan manuscript

Place:

Arabian Peninsula

Arabian Peninsula TGN

Date:

approximately 1760].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Text in Arabic

Arabic WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf : paper ; 125 x 72 mm

Note:

Ms. leaf.
Housed in a mat frame (415 x 315 mm), one side visible only.
Extensive vocalization marks through text. Text in black ink with red notes and accents, and written in wide spacing, and enclosed in colored frame.
1 column of 11 lines written in Naskhī calligraphy. Numerous marginal notes in red and black and possibly written in different hands.
Based on evidence in the text: the Naskhi script succeeded the Kufic script and has its origins in the 10th century.

Keyword:

Kufic

detached leaves

Arabic language

Calligraphy, Arabic

Manuscripts

Qurʼan

Manuscripts, Arabic

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21364916930002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222514~160222/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University