File:Islamic - Folio with Kufic Script - Walters W5522B - Full Page.jpg
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[edit]Folio with Kufic Script ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Anonymous (Islamic)Unknown author |
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Title |
Folio with Kufic Script |
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Description |
English: This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 contains text in Kufic script. Kufic is an angular script with a rhythmic and strongly horizontal composition of letters and words. It is named after the city of Kufa in central Iraq, despite the fact that no link between that city and the script has ever been determined. In the early centuries of Islam, this script, or "font", was used for writing the sacred text, the Qur'an. The red marks serve as an aid to the individual reading or writing the text. |
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Date |
3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid Caliphate era QS:P2348,Q12536 ) |
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Medium | ink and pigments on parchment | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 13.5 cm (5.3 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in) dimensions QS:P2048,13.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
W.552.2B |
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Place of creation | central Arab lands | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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