Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, ca. 1180, Attributed to Eastern Iran or present-day Afghanistan, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm), Codices, This folio from a dispersed Qur'an exemplifies 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
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Folio, Qur, Manuscript, ca, 1180, Attributed, Eastern Iran, present-day Afghanistan, Ink, opaque watercolor, gold, paper, H, 11 3/4, 29.8 cm, Codices, folio, dispersed Qur, exemplifies, transition, Seljuq period, Qur'ans written, kufic script, parchment, copied, rounded new-style, writing, late twelfth, century, practitioners, new style, perfected, mannered, slightly eccentric, forms
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