Folio with Kufic Script

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 contains text in Kufic script.

Exhibitions

Speaking the Word of God: Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2007.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid)

ink and pigments on parchment
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

W.552.14A

H: 5 5/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (13.5 x 21 cm)

Qur'an	Title
3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid)	Period
W.552	Accession

Text Page with Illuminated Heading	Title
3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid)	Period
W.552.32B	Accession

Illuminated Text Page with Indication of Prostration (sajdah)	Title
3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid)	Period
W.552.50B	Accession