Déroche schreibt zu dem Fragment (The Abbasid Tradition, London 1992, S. 130): "73 / Single folio / 9th century AD / 12.2x20 cm / Material Parchment / Accession no. KFQ81 / Comparative item Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS.arab.353a, folio 11b (Déroche 1983, pl.111a) / This folio war probably the first leaf of a manuscript, for the recto bears a note which gives the number of folios, while the verso is filled by a panel of illumination (7.2x13.5cm). The composition, which is of a standard type, relies on a ternary arrangement: there are three registers along the horizontal, and three rows of two squares along the vertical. The frame, larger than in the illuminated panels of cat.67, is composed of alternating squares and rectangles. The squares are set at the corners and in the centre of the longer sides; they are decorated with a plant-based composition organized around a lozenge with curved sides. The rectangles are divided into three bands. The middle band contains an undulating line, and there are rows of gold heart-shapes in the outer bands. The field (2.7x8.2 cm) is divided into square lozenges by an interlace pattern of double fillets which can be compared with that of a manuscript in Paris (MS.arab.353a); the interstices are filled with gold dots."

• Déroche, François: The Abbasid Tradition. Qurʾans of the 8th to the 10th centuries AD. Nour Foundation in association with Azimuth Editions and Oxford University Press, London 1992.