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Qur'an fragment

Title

Qur'an fragment

Year/Period

12th-13th centuries

Region

North Africa or Southern Spain

Dimension

Image size: L:27.2 x W:25.2

Accession No.

1998-01480-002

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This Qur’an fragment is written in bold maghribi script on parchment and is extensively illuminated. The chapter headings are written in a large gold kufic script and the end of each verse is marked by illuminated roundels. The maghribi script was developed during the Abbasid Empire (750-1258 CE) and labelled 'kufic' after the city of Kufa in Iraq. The script refers to a group of early angular scripts that were used for copying early Qur'ans as well as to inscribe on objects and architecture.