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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

late 9th–early 10th century
Not on view
Like many early Qur'an folios, this one is written on parchment in black ink with a broad-nibbed reed pen. The horizontally elongated letters seen here are characteristic of early kufic Qur'ans on parchment, and are thought to be a response to the rectangular page format. The angular script is moderated by the roundness of several letters that look like large black dots, their inner blank spaces reduced almost to a needlepoint. Red and green dots indicate the vowel marks.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript
  • Date: late 9th–early 10th century
  • Geography: Made in probably Syria
  • Medium: Ink and gold on parchment
  • Dimensions: H. 13 1/8 in. (33.32 cm)
    W. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Gift of Rudolf M. Riefstahl, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.45
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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