Walters Ms. W.553, Koran al-Qurʾān القرآن Principal cataloger Gacek, Adam Cataloger Landau, Amy Cataloger Smith, Sita Copy editor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Barrera, Christina Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbert, Lynley Contributor Noel, William Contributor Simpson, Shreve Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Valle, Chiara Conservator Jewell, Stephanie Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This horizontal-format manuscript on parchment is an illuminated fragment of the Qur'an, containing portions of chapters 4 (Sūrat al-nisāʾ), 6 (Sūrat al-anʿām), 7 (Sūrat al-aʿrāf), and 10 (Sūrat Yūnus). The fragment probably dates to the third century AH / ninth CE. The text is written in an Early Abbasid (Kufic) script in dark brown ink and vocalized with red and green dots. Verse markers in the shape of a stylized letter hā' and rosettes indicate groups of five and ten verses. The text is framed by later red, blue, and gold framing lines and a polychrome and gold floral border. The black blind-tooled leather binding with central lobed, pointed oval and pendants is attributable to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.553 The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic. 3a - 23b al-Qurʾān القرآن لقوم يعلمون وهو الذى انشاكم من نفس واحدة ... Contains chapters 6 (Sūrat al-anʿām), end of verse 97 through verse 145 and verses 152-158 (fols. 3a-9b); 10 (Sūrat Yūnus), verses 81-91 (fol. 10a-b); 6 (Sūrat al-anʿām), verses 145-151 (fol. 11a-b); 7 (Sūrat al-aʿrāf), verses 14-81 (fols. 12a-19b); 10 (Sūrat Yūnus), verses 23-39 (fols. 20a-21b); 4 (Sūrat al-nisāʾ), verses 93-99 (fol. 22a-b); and 10 (Sūrat Yūnus), verses 91-102 (fol. 23a-b) Foliation: ii+23+ii16.0 24.0 11.5 18.0

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 Later framing lines in red, blue, and gold that probably date to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE Written in Early Abbasid (Kufic) script vocalized with red and green dots; no letter-pointing Verse markers in the shape of a stylized letter hā' and rosettes indicating groups of five and ten verses; later framing lines in red, blue, and gold and a polychrome and gold floral border that probably dates to the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE

Probably thirteenth century AH / nineteenth CE; black blind-tooled leather (without flap); central lobed, pointed oval and pendants; pastedowns of colored paper

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