bookofkhidr
Illuminated folio (ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper) from a dispersed Qur’ān (ca. 1180) from Afghanistan / Book of Khidr
Illuminated folio (ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper) from a dispersed Qur’ān (ca. 1180) following the transition during the Seljuq period from manuscripts written in squared kufic script on parchment to those written in the new style kufic script on paper. Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts, it consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. In this manuscript, the new style kufic script is characterized by the extreme elongation of its letters. Each page contains only four lines of text because of the large scale of its writing and the embellished spaces. The script stands out against the rich decorative background entirely filled with vegetal scrolls and looping vines and leaves terminating in large blossoms.
Folio from Surat Al-Ma'idah (The Feast): when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allah upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds. [5:20]
Illuminated folio (ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper) from a dispersed Qur’ān (ca. 1180) from Afghanistan / Book of Khidr
Illuminated folio (ink, opaque watercolour, and gold on paper) from a dispersed Qur’ān (ca. 1180) following the transition during the Seljuq period from manuscripts written in squared kufic script on parchment to those written in the new style kufic script on paper. Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts, it consists of a modified form of the old Nabataean script. In this manuscript, the new style kufic script is characterized by the extreme elongation of its letters. Each page contains only four lines of text because of the large scale of its writing and the embellished spaces. The script stands out against the rich decorative background entirely filled with vegetal scrolls and looping vines and leaves terminating in large blossoms.
Folio from Surat Al-Ma'idah (The Feast): when Moses said to his people, "O my people, remember the favor of Allah upon you when He appointed among you prophets and made you possessors and gave you that which He had not given anyone among the worlds. [5:20]