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W.554, Koran

Abstract

This horizontal-format manuscript on parchment is a collection of illuminated fragments of the Qur'an, dating to the late third century AH / ninth CE and possibly to the fifth century AH / eleventh CE. The earlier text is written in an Early Abbasid (Kufic) script, and the later text is in a hand influenced by the New Abbasid (broken cursive) style. Both are in dark brown ink and vocalized with red dots. The codex opens with an illuminated frontispiece (fol. 1a) of geometric design and closes with a similarly decorated finispiece (fol. 77b). Illuminated forms include chapter headings in gold ink with polychrome palmettes extending into the margin, tashdīds highlighted in gold ink, and verse markers for individual verses and groups of five and ten verses. The blind-tooled black goatskin binding, which is attributable to Egypt, is an important example of early Islamic bookbinding.

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    1. Upper board outside

      W.554, Upper board outside
    2. Upper board inside

      W.554, Upper board inside
    3. Front flyleaf ia

      W.554, Front flyleaf ia
    4. Front flyleaf ib

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    5. Front flyleaf iia

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    6. Front flyleaf iib

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    7. fol. 1a

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    8. fol. 1b

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    9. fol. 2a

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    10. fol. 2b

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    11. fol. 4a

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    12. fol. 4b

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    13. fol. 5a

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    14. fol. 5b

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    15. fol. 6a

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    16. fol. 6b

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    17. fol. 7a

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    18. fol. 7b

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    19. fol. 8a

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    20. fol. 8b

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    21. fol. 9a

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    22. fol. 9b

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    23. fol. 10a

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    24. fol. 10b

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    25. fol. 11a

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    27. fol. 12a

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    28. fol. 12b

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      W.554, fol. 77b
    161. Back flyleaf ia

      W.554, Back flyleaf ia
    162. Back flyleaf ib

      W.554, Back flyleaf ib
    163. Back flyleaf iia

      W.554, Back flyleaf iia
    164. Back flyleaf iib

      W.554, Back flyleaf iib
    165. Lower board inside

      W.554, Lower board inside
    166. Lower board outside

      W.554, Lower board outside
    167. Head

      W.554, Head
    168. Tail

      W.554, Tail
    169. Spine

      W.554, Spine
    170. Fore-edge

      W.554, Fore-edge

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