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Keywords: African - Qur'an - Walters W556 - Closed Top View A.jpg Walters manuscript W 556 a square-format manuscript on parchment is volume 9 al-juz' al-tasi' of the Qur'an covering chapter 29 Surat 'ankabut verse 46 to the end of chapter 37 Surat al-saffat It dates to the 6th century AH/AD 12th and was produced in the Maghreb The text is written in Maghribi script in dark brown ink and vocalized with polychrome dots The manuscript opens with a double-page illuminated frontispiece fols 3b-4a and incipit fol 4b Verse markers in the shape of trefoils indicate the end of each verse and the letter ha' in the form of a teardrop and discs with rosettes indicate groups of five and ten verses The illuminated finispiece with colophon fol 133b states that it is the end of volume 9 of the Qur'an al-juz' al-tasi' min al-rab'ah and offers a prayer for the Prophet Muhammad and his family The dark red goatskin binding dates to the 10th century AH/AD 16th 6th century AH/AD 12th century ink and pigments on parchment covered with dark red gold-tooled goatskin Folio cm 16 15 accession number W 556 3728 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Speaking the Word of God Illuminated Korans from the Walters Art Museum The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2007 place of origin Maghreb Walters Art Museum license 2D Islamic manuscripts in the Walters Art Museum Illuminated manuscripts created in Africa Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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