QUR’AN LEAF: A Qur’an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 9th century

QUR’AN LEAF: A Qur’an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, [North Africa or Near East, 9^th century]

a leaf of Arabic manuscript on vellum (118 x 174mm, max), 19 lines to the page in Kufic in sepia ink, diacritics in red, mounted and framed

TEXT

Qur’an, surah al-qasas (XXVIII), verse 33 to middle of verse 61

PROVENANCE

The Boehlen Collection, Bern, MS 810