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Twelve pages from a Qur'an manuscript

Mamluk period
14th century

Medium/Technique Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions Height x width: 34.2 × 25.5 cm (13 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2013.339.1-12
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts

DescriptionTwelve folios from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; each folio contains 5 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black naskh script and the word Allah (God) in gold on the recto and verso; illuminated pinwheel verse markers with a blue dot in the center and red dots around the perimeter.
Provenance2013, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession date: April 26, 2013)