File:Islamic - Folio with Kufic Script - Walters W55236B - Full Page.jpg

Summary

Folio with Kufic Script (

)

Artist

Anonymous (Islamic)

Title

Folio with Kufic Script

Description

English: This folio from Walters manuscript W.552 is executed in Kufic script. Already in the 9th century, the rectilinear Kufic script seen on this page began to be replaced by a more cursive "font" called the New Abbasid style. The Abbasids were an early Islamic dynasty that ruled from AD 750-1258. The first center of political, economic and cultural life for the Abbasids was Baghdad, the circular City of Peace (madinat al-salam), which became the empire's capital in 762.

Date

3rd century AH/AD 9th century (Abbasid Caliphate)

Medium

ink and pigments on parchment

Dimensions

height: 13.5 cm (5.3 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in)

Collection

Walters Art Museum

	Native name	Walters Art Museum
	Location	Baltimore, United States
	Coordinates	39° 17′ 47.13″ N, 76° 36′ 59.4″ W
	Established	1934
	Website	thewalters.org
	Authority file	: Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat

Accession number

W.552.36B

Place of creation

central Arab lands

Object history

Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters

Credit line

Acquired by Henry Walters

Source

Walters Art Museum:

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