Surah 50:0
Rampur Raza Library No. 1
This manuscript is a highly prized copy traditionally ascribed to the penmanship of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Caliph. It features modern gold and colored borders on the paper margins.
Tübingen, Universitätsbibliothek Tübingen, Ma VI 155
This early Quranic fragment is written on yellowish parchment in a wide Kufic script. It features red dots for vocalization and red ink for Surah headings, but lacks diacritical marks.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 6002 (a)
This anonymous, undated fragment of 8 parchment folios originates from the collection of Charles Schefer. It features Kufic D.IV script with no diacritical marks, uses red dots for vocalization, and employs yellow Kufic 'hāʾ' letters to mark groups of five verses.
BNF Arabe 6430
This 10th-century Quranic manuscript is notable for being written on Oriental paper rather than parchment. It features complete diacritics and vocalization, with distinctive colorful verse markers including yellow Kufic 'hāʾ' letters to signal groups of five verses.
Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, Is 1431
This complete Quran was produced in Baghdad by the renowned calligrapher ʿAlī b. Hilāl, also known as Ibn al-Bawwāb, around 1000-1001 AD. He is a significant figure in Islamic art, closely associated with the adoption of the round Naskh script to transcribe the Quran.