Nine pages from a Qur'an manuscript

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Nine pages from a Qur'an manuscript

Mughal period

18th century

Object Place: probably India

Medium/Technique Ink, color and gold on paper

Dimensions Height x width: 26 × 15.4 cm (10 1/4 × 6 1/16 in.)

Credit Line Denman Waldo Ross Collection

Accession Number24.414

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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art

ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts

DescriptionNine folios from a dispersed copy of a Qur'an; each folio contains 7 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black naskh script on the recto and verso; text in f. 2circular illuminated verse markers outlined in black; text set in red, blue, and gold rulings; illuminated outer ruling.

InscriptionsSura 2 [al-Baq̈arah, "The Cow"], vv. 4-7
Sura 3 [ʾĀl ʿImrān, "The House of Imran"], vv. 112-150

Provenance(Accession Date: October 9, 1924)