apr 29, 800 - Folio
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The Qur'an is the sacred text of Islam, consisting of the divine revelation to the Prophet Muhammad in Arabic
This two-page spread (or bifolium) of a Qur'an manuscript, which contains the beginning of Surat Al-'Ankabut (The Spider), is now in the collection of The Morgan Library and Museum in New York
The main text of the mushaf (pronounced muss-hoff), as manuscripts of the Qur'an are known, is written in brown ink.
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