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Folio with Kufic Script
This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 contains text in Kufic script. Kufic is an angular script with a rhythmic and strongly horizontal composition of letters and words. It is named after the city of Kufa in central Iraq, despite the fact that no link between that city and the script has ever been determined. In the early centuries of Islam, this script, or "font", was used for writing the sacred text, the Qur'an. The red marks serve as an aid to the individual reading or writing the text.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Arab lands (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 5/16 x W: 8 1/4 in. (13.5 x 21 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
W.552.2B
