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Single Folio from a Four-Part Qur'an

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Single Folio from a Four-Part Qur'an
Single Folio from a Four-Part Qur'an
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This folio is remarkable for its fine script, its rich illumination and for the fact that, although it is written on paper, the format is not vertical but horizontal. The sajdah at the end of surah al-Najm is written in an illuminated lozenge, while the title and verse count of the following surah (al-Qamar) is written in gold in a thin band which terminates in a similarly-shaped marginal hasp. There are diacritical strokes (the black dots are later additions), and red dots indicate the vocalisation. Gold rosettes separate individual verses, while the passage of ten verses is marked in the margin by a large roundel.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Single Folio from a Four-Part Qur'an

Medium

ink, gold & opaque watercolour on paper

Accession number

15

Work type

Drawing

Inscription description

The text is: 'surah al-Najm' (LIII), verse 59, to 'surah al-Qamar' (LIV), verse 5.

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