File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art qur 0261 fol 8b.jpg

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Quire from an Oblong-format Qur'an  wikidata:Q107663891 reasonator:Q107663891
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Quire from an Oblong-format Qur'an
label QS:Len,"Quire from an Oblong-format Qur'an"
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Object type manuscript Edit this at Wikidata
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Text: surah al-Anbiya' (XXI), verse 62, to surah al-Shu'ara' (XXVI), verse 113. The two quires come from the earliest extant Qur'an from Muslim Sicily, which in the 10th century was under the Fat ... See full description on web site.
Language Arabic Edit this at Wikidata
Date dated 372 AH (982-83 AD)
Medium ink, gold and opaque watercolour on vellum
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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Place of creation Palermo, Sicily
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-two-quires-from-an-oblong-format-quran-qur261/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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Description Quire from an Oblong-format Qur'an
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections

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