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Title
English: Koran folio
Français : Folio d'un Coran
العربية: صفحة من القرآن الكريم وتظهر عليه التشكيل باللون الأحمر.
فارسی: صفحه قرآن.
مصرى: دى صفحه القران واللون الحمرا بيطلع عليه التشكيل زى الفتحه, الكسره والضمه.
Description
English: Kufic script
Français : Calligraphie kufique, C3 selon la classification de François Déroche
Date 9th century
date QS:P571,+850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
- 10th century
date QS:P571,+950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium ink and gold on parchment
Dimensions height: 22.5 cm (8.8 in); width: 29.7 cm (11.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,22.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,29.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1075126
Accession number
F1929.71
Object history
English: provenance:Egypt
Français : provenance : Égypte
Credit line 1929: purchased
Inscriptions
English: The verses are from sura 22, entitled al-Hadj and include a discussion of the pilgrimage to Mecca.
Français : Les versets proviennent de la sourate 22 (le Hajj) et contiennent une discussion sur le pèlerinage à la Mekke
Source/Photographer http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/singleObject.cfm?ObjectNumber=F1929.71


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current08:18, 15 March 2006Thumbnail for version as of 08:18, 15 March 20062,148 × 1,644 (1.1 MB)Grenavitar== Summary == * Description: ''from Smithsonian'' :Folio from a Koran :9th-10th century :Abbasid dynasty :Ink and color on parchment :H: 22.5 W: 29.7 cm :Egypt :Purchase, F1929.71

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