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Four pages from a Qur'an manuscript
Abbasid or Seljuq period
11th–12th century
Object Place: Iran or Central Asia
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 13.6 × 9.6 cm (5 3/8 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number19.780.1-2
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionTwo detached bifolia from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; 5 lines of Arabic calligraphy in dark brown new style (eastern kufic) script on the recto and verso; red vocalization marks; verse markers, the letter ha in gold.
InscriptionsSura 23 [al-Muʾminūn, "The Believers"], vv. 8-11, 14-15, 17-19
ProvenanceRoss Collection