The Qurʻān: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Qurʻān Manuscripts at the British Library, 3 April-15 August 1976 |
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15 lines 3rd/9th century 8th/14th century Abū Abu l-Aswad al-A'raf al-Ahzab al-Baqarah al-Baqarah the Cow al-Fatihah al-Fatihah the Opening al-Isra al-Kahf an-Naml Arabic ash-Shu'ara black Kufic script blue and gold blue ground British Library Cairo CALIFORNIA calligrapher colours copied on vellum diacritical Eastern Kufic script Egypt floral arabesque folios frame Frontispiece gold arabesque gold foliar arabesque gold rosettes hamzah Il-Khanid illumination Imam Riza Shrine inscription Iraq or Persia Islamic Kairouan London lower panels Maghribi script Mamluk manuscript Mashhad medallions Muḥammad Muḥammad ibn Muḥaqqaq script National Library Oblong ornamental Eastern Kufic orthographical signs palmette Persia Plate Qur'an copied Qur'an in Naskhi Qur'an in thirty Rayḥāni script rectangle red diacritical dots Riza Shrine Library roundel SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO UNIVERSITY SITY surah heading Sūrat sūrat al-Baqarah Sūrat al-Fatihah surrounded Thuluth Thuluth script Timurid Tunis ultramarine UNIVERSITY LIBRARY vellum vellum in black verse divisions waqf white ornamental Eastern الله على لا ما