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Illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Safavid period
16th century
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper; binding, gold-tooled leather
Dimensions
H: 6 x W: 20 x L: 29 cm (2 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number09.327
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionComplete Qur'an manuscript with appended prognostication text, beginning on folio 368 verso; Arabic calligraphy in thuluth and nastaʼlīq scripts; 373 folios; seals (fols. 1 recto, 367 recto, and 370 verso); standard page: one column, 12 lines of text in black ink against gold ground, set in illuminated rulings on cream-colored paper with illuminated margin medallions. Gold-tooled leather binding, back repaired.
ProvenanceDenman Waldo Ross Collection, Gift of Aug. 26, 1909.