Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript. Dimensions: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm) W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm). Date: ca. 1180.These folios from a dispersed Qur'an exemplify the transition during the Seljuq period from Qur'ans written in kufic script on parchment to those copied in the more rounded new-style writing on paper. By the late twelfth century, the practitioners of the new style had perfected its mannered, slightly eccentric forms. As seen here, these include the extreme elongation of tall letters and the ellipse formed by combining two of these letters, lam and alif. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript. Dimensions: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm) W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm). Date: ca. 1180.These folios from a dispersed Qur'an exemplify the transition during the Seljuq period from Qur'ans written in kufic script on parchment to those copied in the more rounded new-style writing on paper. By the late twelfth century, the practitioners of the new style had perfected its mannered, slightly eccentric forms. As seen here, these include the extreme elongation of tall letters and the ellipse formed by combining two of these letters, lam and alif. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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