MAKE A MEME View Large Image Kufi script (New Syle 1) - Qur'anic verses.jpg en This calligraphic fragment contains on the left side verse 21 of the 24th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Nur The Light This verse is finished and continued with verse 22 on the fragment's ...
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Keywords: Kufi script (New Syle 1) - Qur'anic verses.jpg en This calligraphic fragment contains on the left side verse 21 of the 24th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Nur The Light This verse is finished and continued with verse 22 on the fragment's verso Finally verse 22 comes to a close on the right side of this fragment When folded this bifolio's recto and verso provide the continuous text of verses 21 and 22 of Surat al-Nur The text is executed in Kufi New Syle 1 a script most typically found in Qur'ans of the 12th century These kinds of Qur'ans were produced in the vertical format with five lines of text per page LOC-calligraphy ascs 245 Unknown Calligrapher century 12 PD-Art Kufic style Qur'an manuscripts 12th century Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection
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