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Page from a Qur'an manuscript
Abbasid period
9th–10th century
Object Place: North Africa or West Asia
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on vellum
Dimensions
Height x width: 20.6 × 29 cm (8 1/8 × 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number20.888
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionFragment of a single folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; 13 lines of Arabic calligraphy in dark brown kufic script; red vocalization marks; illuminated and inscribed verse marker. Horizontal-format vellum..
InscriptionsSura 29 [al-ʿAnkabūt, "The Spider"], vv. 51-56
Sura 29 [al-ʿAnkabūt, "The Spider"], vv. 56-62
Sura 29 [al-ʿAnkabūt, "The Spider"], vv. 56-62