Title: 1 Folio from 11th Century Seljuk Qur’an
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Script: New Abbasi (NSII) / Eastern/Persian Kufic
Date: ~11th Century CE (1001 to 1100 CE) / 5th Century Hijri (391H to 494H)
Size: 13.66 X 8.89 CM
Folios: 1 Fol.
Description: 5 Lines per page | Wove paper in pale-buff color | Seljuk dynasty Qur’an manuscript (Persia) | Eastern Kufic (New ‘Abbassid Style, NSII – Déroche, 1992: 132-137; Gacek, 2012: 167) in black ink with red dots for vocalization. Other folios of the manuscript apparently have green diacritical marks and yellow Surah headings with yellow half-palmettes for verse endings.
From Juz 14, Surah al-Hijr verse 86 to 89,
Incipit: [..] الخلق العليم (86);
Explicit: وقل اني انا النذير المبين (89)
Provenance: This Folio came from a Seljuk Qur’an Manuscript of Juz 14 with a total of 79 Folios sold at a Christie’s Islamic Art and Manuscripts auction (Sale # 6814), Lot # 2 on October 14th, 2003 for $4,021.7.
This manuscript was exhibited twice:
Societe Générale de Banque, Brussels, November 1984-January 1985
Banque Générale du Luxembourg, Luxembourg, January-March 1985 |
Description of this manuscript can be found: Naissance et evolution de l’ecriture, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1984, no.143, p.160
Accession #: Ms.057f