Qur’an manuscript leaf in Maghribi script / Artist Unknown, North Africa
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- Accession Number
- 1959/1.146
- Title
- Qur’an manuscript leaf in Maghribi script
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, North Africa
- Artist Nationality
- North African
- Medium and Support
- ink, red ochre, paper on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 13th century
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- North Africa (general region)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- North Africa (general region)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Dimensions
- 27 cm x 20 cm (10 5/8 in. x 7 7/8 in.)
- Century
- 13th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Books and Folios
- Primary Object Type
- leaf
- Physical Description
- Arabic calligraphic script on paper; script is in Maghribi style, written in black ink with touches of green and rec ochre. Shadows of script (from reverse or opposite page, transferred while closed?) show through. Beige paper is browned with age at edges; upper left has repaired tear.
- Subject Matter
- This page from a north African Qur’an is written in a script called Maghribi. Meaning “of the west,” this script was developed in the western region of north Africa. Maghribi is a local variant of the ancient Kufic script, known for its angular, abstracted form well suited for work with bricks and other architectural materials. As noted by former University of Michigan scholar Yasser Tabbaa, Maghribi script is characterized by sweeping curves that soften the angularity of its Kufic characters. Diacritical marks, indicated in red, facilitate the reading of this script.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 983 x 1315
- File Size
- 96 KB
- Record
- 1959/1.146
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"Qur’an manuscript leaf in Maghribi script; Artist Unknown, North Africa." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1959-sl-1.146/1959_1.146.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.
