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Illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Safavid period
18th century
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper; binding, lacquer, illumination, calligraphy
Dimensions
Overall: 30 x 20.7cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/8in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number19.793
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionComplete Qur'an manuscript with appended prognostication text; Arabic calligraphy in naskh script with interlinear Persian translations in smaller nastaliq; 323 folios, illuminated in the Rumi-style with vines and flowers set against blue background; colophon; text set in illuminated rulings on cream-colored paper. Nineteenth-century red lacquer binding with dense floral motifs and an inscribed border with Qur'anic verses; Inner side of the lacquer covers also have large floral illustrations in gold.
ProvenanceRoss Collection