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parchment

 39 leaves : 110 x 170 (85 x 135) mm, bound to 113 x 175 mm 9 long lines. Written in Early Abbasid (Kufic) in heavy black ink; some diacritics in red and green points. Dual-page illumination on the first page-opening in gold, red and black (f. 1v-2r); circular flower motifs in gold, blue and red mark every tenth verse; sūrah headings in gold with marginal medallions in gold, red and blue; occasional letter in gold. Dual page illumination Dual page illumination Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Sūrah heading (Hūd) Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker Verse marker

Bound in red leather over pasteboard with faint, blind-tooled double frame.

Item is undated, probably copied in the 13th century.

12--? Gift of Harry G. Friedman (library donation bookplate inside front cover). Manuscripts, Arabic Codices (bound manuscripts) Manuscripts (documents) Qurʼans Illuminations (painting)