Leaf from a fine Kufic Quran, on parchment [Abbasid territories (possibly Syria), ninth century]

Leaf from a fine Kufic Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on parchment [Abbasid territories (possibly Syria), ninth century] single leaf, containing text from Surah al-Hajj (Pilgrimage), 22: 36-43, single column, 15 lines brown kufic script, some vocalisation marked by red dots, diacritical strokes added in a later hand in black ink, remains of single round verse marker in gold to reverse, a few small nicks and tears (one small hole affecting text), reverse a little faded, extremities a little darkened, 165 by 230 mm. This leaf is from a fine and early Abbasid Qur'an, endorsing the "D.IV" variation of kufic script as described by F. Dévroche. For more information and another example of a leaf from the same Qur'an, see F. Dévroche, The Abbasid Tradition (1992, no. 32, pp. 82).