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Folio from the "Blue Qur'an" in Kufic script: sura 2 (al-Baqara, "The Cow"), recto

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Description: Folio from the "Blue Qur'an" in Kufic script: sura 2 (al-Baqara,...

TitleFolio from the "Blue Qur'an" in Kufic script: sura 2 (al-Baqara, "The Cow"), recto

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureNorth African, Spanish, or Italian

Creator roleCalligrapher

Creation datec. 850–c. 950

Creation date (description)mid-9th to mid-10th century

Object typeCalligraphy

MaterialsGold and silver on parchment

Dimensions12 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (31.8 × 47 cm)

LocationPrivate collection

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsCalligraphy, PersianScript typeOrthography and spelling

StatusFrom North Africa, Spain, or Sicily

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The Kufic Script

David J. Roxburgh

Description: Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qurʾan

Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qurʾan

This quote is one of several apt sayings—the authority being the peripatetic philosopher Yaʾqub b. Ishaq al-Kindi—cited by Ibn al-Nadim in his tenth-century survey of Islamic book culture. His book, the Fihrist (lit. “Catalogue,” completed 987–88), includes reports about the first people to write in Arabic, scripts used for copies of the Qurʾan, the names of...

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David J. Roxburgh

PublisherThe Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Copyright© 2007 by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Related print edition pages: pp.13-21

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Chapter subject tags:Islamic calligraphy in artMuḥammad, Prophet, -632--In the QurʼanOrthography and spellingArabic languageCalligrapher

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