Qu’ran (Image 4)

Curator Information

Ghadir K. Zannoun, University of KentuckyFollow

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Description

Language: Arabic

Date: Hijri calendar (circa 1335); Gregorian calendar (circa 1917 AD)

UK Special Collections Arabic Script Codex #14

This small (14 cm) manuscript is a complete copy of the Qu’ran, the central religious text of Islam. The featured pages illustrate the manuscript’s elaborate design work, with unusual coloring and decorative motif around a chapter heading. This motif is repeated throughout the work.

Curation Date

10-2014

Photo Source

Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky Libraries

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