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Bound section of a Qur'an manuscript
18th century
Object Place: Morocco
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 28.3 × 20.5 cm (11 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number09.325
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionBound section from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; standard page: 15 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black maghribi script; letter pointing in black and vocalization in blue, green, red, and orange; text set in red, blue, and green rulings; gold-knot verse markers; illuminated and inscribed marginal roundels. Cream-colored paper. Leather binding.