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Two pages from a Qur'an manuscript
Mamluk period
14th century
Object Place: Egypt or Syria
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 25.5 × 17.6 cm (10 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
Overall: 25.8 × 34.9 cm (10 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Overall: 25.8 × 34.9 cm (10 3/16 × 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number19.786
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionTwo attached folios from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; each folio contains 7 lines of Arabic calligraphy in black naskh script on the recto and verso, red dot pyramidal verse markers.
InscriptionsSura 16 [an-Naḥl, "The Bee"], vv.76-88
ProvenanceRoss Collection