Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (7:12-13; 7:13-14)

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Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (7:12-13; 7:13-14)

Probably Iraq, 9th century
Manuscripts; folios
Ink and colors on parchment
Folio, overall: 11 1/2 × 15 11/16 × 7 1/8 × 11 in. (29.21 × 39.85 × 18.1 × 27.94 cm) Textblock: 7 1/8 × 11 in. (18.1 × 27.94 cm) Frame: 23 × 19 × 1 1/2 in. (58.42 × 48.26 × 3.81 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.24)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

Given the grand scale of this folio, which contains just five lines of text, the manuscript from which it is derived must have been quite substantial....
Given the grand scale of this folio, which contains just five lines of text, the manuscript from which it is derived must have been quite substantial. The boldly beautiful Kufic writing is more than a match for the large format, while the horizontal extension of certain letters and select emphasis on some vertical elements perfectly complement the shape of the parchment page. As in other contemporaneous manuscripts of the Qur’an (see M.73.5.499), there are no diacritical marks, but vowels are indicated by red points.
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Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.
  • Komaroff, Linda. Collecting Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: A Curatorial Perspective. Los Angeles: Art Catalogues; LACMA, 2017.
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