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Two pages from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Seljuq period
11th–12th century
Object Place: probably Iran, Central Asia
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width (17.1376.1): 30.5 × 19.8 cm (12 × 7 13/16 in.)
Height x width (17.1376.2): 30.6 × 19.8 cm (12 1/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Height x width (17.1376.2): 30.6 × 19.8 cm (12 1/16 × 7 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.1376.1-2
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionTwo detached folios from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; each folios contains 23 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black new style (eastern kufic) on the recto and verso; red, green. and blue diacritical and vocalization marks; illuminated marginal medallions accentuated with blue ink; illuminated rosette verse markers with red and blue dots.
Inscriptions17.1376.1 - Sura 66 [al-Taḥrīm, "The Forbidding"], v. 10 to Sura 67 [al-Mulk, "The Kingdom"] v. 19
17.1376.2 - Sura 36 [Yāʾ Sīn], vv. 49-80
17.1376.2 - Sura 36 [Yāʾ Sīn], vv. 49-80