File:African - Qur'an - Walters W556 - Closed Top View A.jpg
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[edit]Qur'an
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Anonymous (Africa) |
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Qur'an |
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English: Walters manuscript W.556, a square-format manuscript on parchment is volume 9 (al-juz' al-tasi') of the Qur'an, covering chapter 29 (Surat 'ankabut), verse 46, to the end of chapter 37 (Surat al-saffat). It dates to the 6th century AH/AD 12th and was produced in the Maghreb. The text is written in Maghribi script in dark brown ink and vocalized with polychrome dots. The manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece (fols. 3b-4a) and incipit (fol. 4b). Verse markers in the shape of trefoils indicate the end of each verse, and the letter ha' in the form of a teardrop and discs with rosettes indicate groups of five and ten verses. The illuminated finispiece with colophon (fol. 133b) states that it is the end of volume 9 of the Qur'an (al-juz' al-tasi' min al-rab'ah) and offers a prayer for the Prophet Muhammad and his family. The dark red goatskin binding dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th. |
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| Date | 6th century AH/AD 12th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | ink and pigments on parchment covered with dark red gold-tooled goatskin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Folio height: 16 cm (6.2 in); width: 15 cm (5.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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W.556 |
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| Place of creation | Maghreb | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Exhibition history | Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2007. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walters Art Museum:  Home page  Info about artwork |
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| current | 08:25, 26 March 2012 | | 1,654 × 1,799 (3.18 MB) | File Upload Bot (Kaldari) (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Walters Art Museum artwork |artist = African |title = ''Qur'an'' |description = {{en|Walters manuscript W.556, a square-format manuscript on parchment is volume 9 (al-juz' al-tasi') of the Qur'an, cov... |
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