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Page from a Qur'an manuscript
Mamluk period
14th–15th century
Object Place: Egypt or Syria
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 25 × 17.7 cm (9 13/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Accession Number22.672
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionSingle folio from a dispersed copy of a Qur'an; 5 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black muhaqqaq script on the recto and verso; black, red, and blue diacritical and vocalization marks; marginal annotations in red; illuminated rosette verse markers with red and blue dots.
InscriptionsSura 7 [al-ʾAʿrāf, "The Battlements], vv. 32-35