Title: Folio of a 6th/12th century Qur’aan (New ‘Abbasid/Eastern Kufic)
Scribe: Unknown | مجهول
Script: New ‘Abbaasid/Eastern Kufic
Date: ~ 12th Century CE (494H/1101CE to 597H/1200CE)
Size: 15 X 10 CM
Folios: 1 Fol.
Description: 20 Lines/Page | Arabic Manuscript Paper | Surah titles, Roundels at end of Ayaat, and marginal medallions in gold ink, black ink for Surah text with diacritics in red | The script is Eastern ‘Abbaasi (or Eastern Kufic) style from Persia, popular in 11th (391H/1001CE to 494H/1100) and 12th (494H/1101CE to 597H/1200CE) Century Manuscripts. | Surah Zukhruf, Ayah 29 to 61
Incipit: بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَٰؤُلَاءِ وَآبَاءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ;
Explicit: وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَائِكَةً فِي الْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ – وَإِنَّهُ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ
Provenance: Possibly from the same Qur’an as Ms.076f | this folio is a match to the following two folios: There is another leaf of this Qur’an manuscript in the Special Collection of Denison University Archives in Ohio. Another leaf of this manuscript (item #007) appears in “Pages From the Past: Original Leaves From Rare Books and Manuscripts” from the Society of Foliophiles in New York. Several similar, yet larger, manuscript folios of 12th Century Persia has sold at Christie’s (Arts & Textiles of the Islamic auction Sale 14345, Lot 21- April 28, 2017) for $1,902; and (Arts & Textiles of the Islamic auction Sale 5270, Lot 245- 11 April 2014) $7,261; & Sotheby’s (Sale L15220, Lot 58- 22 APRIL 2015) for $5,186
Accession #: Ms.133f