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| Keywords: Kufi script (D.Vb) - 2 - Qur'anic verses.jpg en The beginning of verse 19 from the 5th chapter of the Qur'an entitled al-Ma'idah The Table The text is exectued in a Kufi script similar to style D Vb at 5 lines per page in horizontal format This particular script is differentiated by the upper stroke of the letter kaf k which slants to the right before turning to the left The text is executed in black ink while red dots indicating vocalization may have been added later Diacritical marks also appear to have been added subsequently for example glottal stops hamza are marked in green ink while duplications of consonants tashdid are executed in gold ink http //memory loc gov/service/amed/ascs/077/0002 jpg Library of Congress Unknown Calligrapher century 10 PD-Art Kufic style Qur'an manuscripts 9th-10th century Library of Congress Arabic Persian and Ottoman calligraphy collection | ||||
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