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One of two pages from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Safavid period
16th century
Object Place: Iran
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 32.3 × 21 cm (12 11/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number19.785.1
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionOne of two folios from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; 10 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black naskh script on the recto and verso; black and red diacritical and vocalization marks; illuminated rosette verse markers with blue and orange dots; blue text panels containing the chapter heading for Sura Ash-Shams (The Sun) [recto] and Sura Al-Layl (The Night) [verso] written with pale blue pigment and outlined in black, set in an illuminated cartouche decorated with delicate yellow, purple, and orange flowers; text set in gold, red and blue rulings; illuminated marginal medallions with floral designs.
InscriptionsSura 91 [aš-Šams, "The Sun"], vv. 11-15 and Sura 92 [al-Layl, "The Night"], vv. 1-16
ProvenanceBy 1919, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1919, gift of Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: September 11, 1919)