File:Abbasid Koran folio from Egypt.jpg

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English: Koran folio

Français : Folio d'un Coran

العربية: صفحة من القرآن الكريم وتظهر عليه التشكيل باللون الأحمر.

فارسی: صفحه قرآن.

مصرى: دى صفحه القران واللون الحمرا بيطلع عليه التشكيل زى الفتحه, الكسره والضمه.

Description

English: Kufic script

Français : Calligraphie kufique, C3 selon la classification de François Déroche

Date

9^th century - 10^th century

Medium

ink and gold on parchment

Dimensions

height: 22.5 cm (8.8 in); width: 29.7 cm (11.6 in)

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art

	Native name	Freer Gallery of Art
	Parent institution	Smithsonian Institution
	Location	12th St. and Jefferson Dr., SW., Washington, D.C.
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 18″ N, 77° 01′ 39″ W
	Established	1923
	Website	asia.si.edu
	Authority file	: Q1075126 VIAF: 121007573 ISNI: 0000000411316801 ULAN: 500245389 LCCN: n80085247 NLA: 36196310 WorldCat

Accession number

F1929.71

Object history

English: provenance:Egypt

Français : provenance : Égypte

Credit line

1929: purchased

Inscriptions

English: The verses are from sura 22, entitled al-Hadj and include a discussion of the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Français : Les versets proviennent de la sourate 22 (le Hajj) et contiennent une discussion sur le pèlerinage à la Mekke

Source/Photographer

http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/singleObject.cfm?ObjectNumber=F1929.71


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current	08:18, 15 March 2006		2,148 × 1,644 (1.1 MB)	Grenavitar (talk \| contribs)	== Summary == * Description: ''from Smithsonian'' :Folio from a Koran :9th-10th century :Abbasid dynasty :Ink and color on parchment :H: 22.5 W: 29.7 cm :Egypt :Purchase, F1929.71

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- علامة تشكيل عربية
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- گرافیک
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- Corán
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- Արաբերենի ձայնանիշեր
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- Surah Al-Hajj
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- ویکی‌پدیا:هفتگی عکس/سال ۲۰۱۲
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