Qurʼan in Early Abbasid script.

Written in a large Early Abbasid script (“Kufic”), with five lines
to the page, this leaf from a parchment Qurʾan shows diacritical
pointing by means of slanted strokes and vocalization using
red dots. The medallion in the right-hand corner indicates
the 90th verse of Chapter 17 (sūrat al-Isrāʾ). Among the many
characteristics of these early scripts is the free-standing alif with
its foot turned right and a substantial gap between it and the
next letter.

AC194 Rare Books/Special Collections (McLennan Bldg, 4th floor)