Title: Single Folio of the Qur’aan
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Script: Kufic (Early Abbasid)
Date: ~Late 2nd/8th or early 3rd/9th Century CE
Size: 9.6 X 7.5 CM Trimmed (Originally 11 X 9 CM?)
Folios: 1 Fol.
Description: 16 Lines/Page | Parchment (Vellum), trimmed and set in a gray and biege matte. | Black ink in Kufic/Early ‘Abbasi (B.II classification, according to Deroche, 1992) with red diacritical dots | Recto is faded | Surat al Ahzaab, Verso: end of verse 9 to end of verse 15 (minus مسئولا
Incipit: تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيراً (9) إِذْ جَاءُوكُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنْكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ الْأَبْصَارُ وَبَلَغَتِ الْقُلُوبُ الْحَنَاجِرَ وَتَظُنُّونَ بِاللهِ الظُّنُونَا
Explicit: Undetermined
Provenance: From a private collection
Research Notes: Recently, orientalists and researchers have dropped the term Kufic in favor of François Déroche’s: “Early ‘Abbasi bookhand” (Déroche, 1992; 2006, pg 216; Gacek, 2012, pg. 97-98). They argued that “Kufic” is vague. Based on Déroche’s classification, the script in this folio is the B.II classification- the Laam-Alif al Waraqiyyah (لا), the Qaaf, and Alif match manuscripts of this classification and can be dated to the early 9th century or possibly the late 8th century. It’s more likely that this manuscript is from the early 9th century.
Accession #: Ms.101f