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Bound section of an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Mamluk period
14th–15th century
Object Place: Egypt or Syria
Medium/Technique
Ink and gold on paper; binding, leather
Dimensions
.195 x .29 m.
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.128
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionBound section from a thirty-volume Qur'an; each folio contains 5 lines of Arabic calligraphy; diacritical marks in red and black; illuminated verse markers with blue and red dots. Cream-colored paper. Leather binding.
ProvenanceBy 1913, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1915, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 7, 1915)