Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript, late 11th–12th century, Made in Eastern Islamic lands, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H.10 in. (25.4 cm), Codices, This folio from a Qur’an is written on paper in black new style script, with vocalizations in red, diacritical marks in gold, and other orthographical signs in blue and black. The golden medallions are verse markers: the smaller ones contain letter numerals, while the larger one contains the words '100 verses' encircled by a band of trefoil scrolls, indicating the beginning of the 100th verse of Sura 6 (al-An‘am, 'of the Cattle')
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