This calligraphic fragment includes verses 85-88 of the 6th chapter of the Qur'an entitled Surat al-An'am (The Cattle). This late Meccan surah describes the nature of God and how He reveals Himself. Verses 85-88 in particular describe a number of prophets such as Jesus, Elias, and Jonah as capable of guiding believers to the straight path (al-sirat al-mustaqim). The text is executed in Kufi script in black ink, at six lines per page, surrounded by a gold painted frame. Verses on the fragment's recto have worn off substantially, as they were executed on the flesh side of the parchment. On the r
This calligraphic fragment includes verses 85-88 of the 6th chapter of the Qur'an entitled Surat al-An'am (The Cattle). This late Meccan surah describes the nature of God and how He reveals Himself. Verses 85-88 in particular describe a number of prophets such as Jesus, Elias, and Jonah as capable of guiding believers to the straight path (al-sirat al-mustaqim). The text is executed in Kufi script in black ink, at six lines per page, surrounded by a gold painted frame. Verses on the fragment's recto have worn off substantially, as they were executed on the flesh side of the parchment. On the recto's third line appears a fifth-verse marker, separating verse 85 from 86. It is in the shape of a gold upturned virgule. Other verse markers on the recto and verso take the form of a gold flower with a central blue dot. Diacritics appear as red dots and marks for vowel-lessness (sukun) as green dots. Other diacritical marks are shaped as diagonal strokes and may have been inserted at a later date. The text's Kufi script is in the style typical of horizontal Qur'ans produced on parchment during the ninth century.فارسی: نسخه‌ای خطی از قرآن به خط کوفی، سدهٔ نهم میلادی. شامل آیات ۸۵-۸۸ سورهٔ «انعام».العربية: تتضمن هذه الرقعة المكتوبة بالخط المزخرف الآيات ٨٥-٨٨ من الفصل السادس من القرآن الكريم المعنون بسورة الأنعام (الماشية). وتصف هذه السورة المكية المتأخرة طبيعة الله وكيف يكشف عن نفسه. وتصف الآيات ٨٥-٨٨ بشكل خاص عددا من الأنبياء مثل عيسى وإلياس ويونس على أنهم قادرون على توجيه المؤمنين إلى الطريق المستقيم (الصراط المستقيم). تم كتابة النص بالخط الكوفي بالحبر الأسود في ستة خطوط لكل صفحة مح
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