ManuscriptsArab9th century
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 10: end 107 - mid 108 (recto), Sura 10: end 108 - mid 109 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio
c. 850
Dimensions
folio: 13.34 x 27.31 cm (5 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
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