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

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.