Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (47:38, 48:1-5; 48:6-12)

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Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (47:38, 48:1-5; 48:6-12)

Egypt, 14th century
Manuscripts; folios
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Folio, overall: 16 × 12 5/8 × 12 × 8 3/4 in. (40.64 × 32.07 × 30.48 × 22.23 cm) Textblock: 12 × 8 3/4 in. (30.48 × 22.23 cm) Frame: 29 × 23 × 1 1/2 in. (73.66 × 58.42 × 3.81 cm)
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost (M.2002.1.354)
Art of the Middle East: Islamic and Contemporary
Not currently on public view

Curator Notes

From the tenth to the thirteenth century in most regions of the Islamic world, manuscripts of the Qur’an underwent a series of significant changes that radically transformed their appearance: the use ...
From the tenth to the thirteenth century in most regions of the Islamic world, manuscripts of the Qur’an underwent a series of significant changes that radically transformed their appearance: the use of paper instead of parchment pages, a switch from a horizontal to a vertical format, and the adoption of round cursive scripts, instead of the rectilinear Kufic scripts. A comparison of this page from a fourteenth-century Egyptian Qur’an manuscript with earlier examples, such as a tenth-century Iranian folio (see M.73.5.502), visually documents the major shifts that occurred. The new format continued well into the late Islamic period, and its impact is still felt in Qur’an manuscripts produced today. Also see M.83.249.
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