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Juz' 5 of the Khayqani Qur'an.
The Khayqani Qur'an is an important early example of the Arabic script known as "New Style" (also called eastern kufic), which developed gradually in Qur'anic calligraphy away from the more angular kufic script. This multi-volume Qur'an has been dated to c. 900 because of a note added to Juz' 19: on the final page is a statement in Persian, signed by someone called Ahmad ibn Abi'l-Qasim al-Khayqani. He notes that he has checked the text and made corrections, signing and dating his comment to the month of Sha`ban 292H (June 905). There have been doubts about the authenticity of this extra note, but not about the manuscript itself.
Codex, ink, colours and gold on parchment, 46 folios, Arabic text in New Style III (aka eastern kufic) script, illuminated verse-markers, illuminated chevron band with palmette hasp ornament in margin (fol. 1r), Juz' 5 of the Qur'an (4:24 to 4:147), and further folios out of sequence (25:2) from a thirty-volume set, of which Juz' 19 (CB Is 1417D) has a note signed al-Khayqani and dated 292H (June 905), probably Iran, c. 900
Juz' 5 of the Khayqani Qur'an
Is 1417B
Is_1417B
Islamic Collection
Arabic (language)
Approved Category 2017/Manuscript/Codex
Object by Function/Documents by function/Religious text/Qur'an
Approved Place 2018/Middle East/Iran
Codex
Qur'an
Eastern Kufic script
c. 900
875
900
true
Approved Material 2018/Organic/Animal (material)/Parchment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Colourant (material)/Pigment (material)
Approved Material 2018/Materials/Coating material/Ink (material)
Approved Material 2018/Inorganic/Metal (material)/Non-ferrous metal/Gold
Parchment (material)
Pigment (material)
Ink (material)
Gold
FAIR
46
128 mm x 103 mm x 18 mm (height x width x depth)
cll
Unknown
Unknown
Iran
Binding exterior
Binding interior
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