Vellum Qur’an folio written in kufic script.Text: sura XXXIII, al-Ahsab, The Confederates, part of verse 43 to part of verse 45.Early Abbasid or North Africa, 9th century Arabic text on vellum, six lines to the page written in dispersed kufic script in sepia, red dots indicate the vocalization, gilt florets between verses, 13.5 x 22 cm.Compare to a folio in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, see F. Deroche, The Abbasid Tradition, Oxford, 1992, p. 68, no. 20.