Single leaf from a 10th-century Qur'an

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Item Information

Title:
Single leaf from a 10th-century Qur'an
Title (alt.):
Single leaf from a 10th-century Koran
Title (uniform):
Qurʼan
Former owner:
Maggs Bros.
Date:
[0900?–0999?]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Manuscripts, Arabic
Manuscripts, African
Manuscripts, Medieval
Location:
Boston Public Library
Rare Books Department
Collection (local):
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts (Collection of Distinction)
Places:
Africa
Extent:
1 leaf : parchment ; 105 x 162 mm.
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076q34s
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Place of origin:
[North Africa]
Language:
Arabic
Notes:
Ms. Leaf.
Title devised by cataloger. Creation date and location from Maggs Brothers catalog 1298, no. 91.
Origin: Written in North Africa.).
Notes (acquisition):
Source of acquisition: Maggs Brothers (2001)
Notes (object):
Script: Written in an extended kufic script.
Layout: 10 lines per page.
Decoration: First line of recto in gold; vowels in red dots.
Binding: Housed in a gray four-flap wrapper in an oversized folder.
Identifier:
06_01_016202- 06_01_016203
Call #:
RARE BKS MS pb Med. 238a
Barcode:
39999085425294