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Page from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Abbasid period
9th–10th century
Object Place: North Africa or West Asia
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on vellum
Dimensions
Height x width: 14.3 × 21.5 cm (5 5/8 × 8 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.2460
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionSingle folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; 7 lines of Arabic calligraphy in dark brown kufic script on the recto and verso; illuminated rosette verse markers. Recto: illuminated medallion inscribed with the word khams (five) indicating the end of a fifth verse. Verso: chapter heading for Sura 52 [At-Tur, "The Mount"] in gold and outlined in brown ink; illuminated palmette projection outlined in blue ink in the margin on the right-hand side.
InscriptionsSura 51 [al-Ḏāriyāt, "The Scatterers"], vv. 55-58
Sura 51 [aḏ-Ḏāriyāt, "The Scatterers"], v. 58 to Sura 52 [aṭ-Ṭūr, "The Mount"], v.1
Sura 51 [aḏ-Ḏāriyāt, "The Scatterers"], v. 58 to Sura 52 [aṭ-Ṭūr, "The Mount"], v.1