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Page from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Mamluk period
Late 14th century
Object Place: Egypt or Syria
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 41.3 × 31.3 cm (16 1/4 × 12 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number30.780.5
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionSingle folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; 12 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black muhaqqaq script with red grammatical notes written diagonally in the margins; illuminated rosette verse markers with red and blue dots; illuminated, inscribed marginal medallions; chapter heading for Sura 19 [Maryam] in white, set in an illuminated horizontal band with floral motifs; text set in illuminated rulings; marginal annotations in red.
InscriptionsSura 18 [al-Kahf, "The Cave"], vv. 109 to Sura 19 [Maryam, "Mary"], v. 22