Rare 9th century Kufic Quran folio
- Used
- fair
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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UPLAND, California, United States
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About This Item
No Binding. Fair/No Jacket. This rare folio is composed of 15 lines of the Quran, in Arabic, on parchment. It was probably created in the 9th century in northern Africa. Calligraphy was an important Arabic art form, seen on ceramics, coins and manuscripts. The highly angular horizontal Kufic seen here was the primary script used in the earliest copies of the Quran from the 7th through the 10th centuries. Diacritical marks indicated by red dots are guides to pronunciation. CONDITION: Loss to the bottom right corner affecting the last three lines. Hole affecting the bottom 4th line. Script on the reverse is faded. DIMENSIONS: 7.5" wide, 5.25" high
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- Bookseller
- Cedar Tree Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113079
- Title
- Rare 9th century Kufic Quran folio
- Format/Binding
- No Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Pages
- 1
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Koran & Sacred Writings
- Product_type
- Handwritten
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Cedar Tree Antiques
Biblio member since 2022
UPLAND, California
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About Cedar Tree Antiques
Cedar Tree Antiques has been selling art, antiques and books since 1992, throughout Southern California.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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