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| Keywords: Islamic - Folio with Kufic Script - Walters W5522B - Full Page.jpg This folio from Walters manuscript W 552 contains text in Kufic script Kufic is an angular script with a rhythmic and strongly horizontal composition of letters and words It is named after the city of Kufa in central Iraq despite the fact that no link between that city and the script has ever been determined In the early centuries of Islam this script or font was used for writing the sacred text the Qur'an The red marks serve as an aid to the individual reading or writing the text 3rd century AH/AD 9th century Abbasid ink pigments parchment cm 13 5 21 accession number W 552 2B 80999 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin central Arab lands Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Kufic style Abbasid art | ||||
