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Faux Kufi Qur'an

AUTHOR/CREATOR
Calligrapher: unknown

CREATED/PUBLISHED
20th century

NOTES
Dimensions of Written Surface: 11 (w) x 7.8 (h) cm

Script: Kufi

This piece constitutes a modern forgery of an early (9-10th century) Qur'an. Written in imitation Kufi script in black and red ink on a beige paper, the text panel is framed with an illuminated border possibly cut out from an older Persian manuscript. The text and illuminated border are pasted to a larger brown sheet of paper backed by cardboard.

These kinds of reproductions have appeared on the art market and seem to originate from one particular workshop engaged in imitating older Qur'ans and decorating them with illuminations salvaged from Persian manuscripts.

SUBJECT
Arabic script calligraphy
Illuminated Islamic manuscripts
Islamic calligraphy
Islamic manuscripts
Kufi
Arabic calligraphy

MEDIUM
25.8 (w) x 18.7 (h) cm

CALL NUMBER
1-84-154.17

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress, African and Middle Eastern Division, Washington, D.C. 20540

DIGITAL ID
ascs 061
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.amed/ascs.061

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