Keywords: thuluth script
Detached folio from a Qur’an, sura 25:59-77; sura 26:1-48
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1998.20Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur’an; right-hand half recto: Sura al-Furqan ( the Criterion) 25: part of verse 59 and verses 60-70; right-hand half verso: sura 25:71-77, illuminated heading of Sura al-Shu’ara (the Poets) 26:1-7; left-hand half recto: sura 26: 7-27; left-hand half verso: sura 26:27-48; Arabic in black naskh script with …
Folio from a Qur’an, sura 83:1-36; sura 84:1-15
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.368Detached folio from a Qur’an; recto: Sura al-Mutaffifin (the Defrauding), sura 83: 1-28 and part of 29, recto begins with “Bismillah”, one column, 15 lines of text; verso: sura 83:29-36, Sura al-Inshiqaq (the Sundering), sura 84:1-14 and part of 15, verso begins with “ajramua”, one column, 14 lines of text; Arabic in black, blue, white …
Folio from a Qur’an, sura 71:9-28; sura 72:1-9 and part of 10
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.367Detached folio from a Qur’an; recto: Sura Nuh (Noah), sura 71: part of 9-26 and part of 27, recto begins with “wa’asrartu”, one column, 15 lines of text; verso: sura 71:27-28, Sura al-Jinn (the Jinn), sura 72:1-9 and part of 10, verso begins with “allafajiraa”, one column, 14 lines of text; Arabic in black, blue, …
Folio from a Qur’an, sura 74:31-56; sura 75:1-38
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.365Detached folio from a Qur’an; recto: Sura al-Muddaththir (the Cloaked one), sura 74: part of 31,32-56, Sura al-Qiyama (the Resurrection), sura 75:1 and part of 2, recto begins with “yashawu”, one column, 15 lines of text; verso: sura 75:2-38, verso begins with “al-lawama”, one column, 15 lines of text; Arabic in black, blue, white and …
Folio from a Qur’an, sura 73:15-20; sura 74:1-30 and part of 31
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.363Detached folio from a Qur’an; recto: Sura al-Muzzammil (the Enshrouded one), sura 73:15-20 and the title of Sura al-Muddaththir, recto begins with “ana arsalna”, one column, 14 lines of text; verso: Sura al-Muddaththir (the Cloaked one), sura 74:1-30 and part of 31, verso begins with “ya ayyuha”, one column, 15 lines of text; Arabic in …
Folio from a Qur’an, sura 80: part of 41-42; sura 81:1-29; sura 82:1-19
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.362Detached folio from a Qur’an; recto: Sura Abasa (He frowned), sura 80: part of 41-42, Sura al-Takwir (the Overthrowing), sura 81: 1-27, recto begins with “qataratan” one column, 14 lines of text ; verso: sura 81:27-29, Sura al-Infitar (the Cleaving), sura 82:1-19 and the title of Sura al-Mutaffifin, verso begins with “lil’alamin”, one column, 14 …
Folio from a Qur’an, sura 1:5-7; sura 2:1-8
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.84.2Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur’an; left-hand half of a double-page frontispiece; separate from the facing folio S1986.84.1; recto: Sura al-Fatiha (the Opener)1: part of 5-7, recto begins with “nasta’in”; verso: Sarlawh, Sura al-Baqara (the Cow) 2:1-7 and part of 8; verso begins with “al-Baqara”; Arabic in white, gold and black thuluth …
Folio from a Qur’an, sura 87:1-19; sura 88:1-26; sura 89:1-7 and part of 8
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.78Detached folio from a Qur’an; recto: Sura al-a’la (the Most high), sura 87:1-19, Sura al-Ghashiya (the Overwhelming), sura 88:1-4, recto begins with “bismillah”; verso: sura 88:5-26, Sura al-Fajr (the Daybreak), sura 89:1-7 and part of 8, verso begins with “tusqay”; Arabic in black, blue, gold and white naskh, muhaqqaq and thuluth scripts; vocalized in black …
Folio from a Qur’an, recto: left-hand half of a double-page, sura 17:88; verso: blank
https://asia.si.edu/object/S1986.74.2Detached folio from a Qur’an; recto: left-hand half of a double-page illumination; facing folio (S1986.74.1); Sura al- isra (the night journey) 17: part of verse 88 in central shamsa; parts of Sura al-waqi’a (the inevitable) 56: 77-80 in upper and lower sarlawhs; verso: blank; Arabic in white thuluth script; one of a group of twenty-one …