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| Keywords: Islamic - Qur'an - Walters W554 - Closed Top View A.jpg Walters manuscript W 554 is a horizontal-format manuscript on parchment The manuscript is a collection of illuminated fragments of the Qur'an dating to the late 3rd century AH/AD 9th and possibly to the 5th century AH/AD 11th The earlier text is written in an Early Abbasid Kufic script and the later text is in a hand influenced by the New Abbasid Broken Cursive style Both are in dark brown ink and vocalized with red dots The codex opens with an illuminated frontispiece fol 1a of geometric design and closes with a similarly decorated finispiece fol 77b Illuminated forms include chapter headings in gold ink with polychrome palmettes extending into the margin tashdids highlighted in gold ink and verse markers for individual verses and groups of 5 and 10 verses The blind-tooled black goatskin binding which is attributable to Egypt is an important example of early Islamic bookbinding late 3rd century AH/AD 9th century-5th century AH/AD 11th century Abbasid ink and pigments on parchment covered with blind-tooled black goatskin Folio cm 17 5 27 5 accession number W 554 31211 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Illuminated Manuscripts Masterpieces in Miniature The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1984-1985 The Divine Word and Sacred Sites of Islam The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1997 Speaking the Word of God Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007 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 | ||||
