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Two pages from a Qur'an manuscript
Mamluk period
14th–15th century
Object Place: Egypt or Syria
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
0.263 x 0.352 (each)
Credit Line
By exchange from Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Accession Number25.538
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionTwo folios from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; each folio contains 11 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black rayhani script on the recto and verso; illuminated rosette verse markers with red and blue dots. .
InscriptionsSura 17 [al-ʾIsrāʾ, "The Night Journey"], vv. 60-85
ProvenanceReceived by exchange, October 8, 1925 from A. K. C. for one leaf of 24.416.