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Two pages from a manuscript of the Qur'an (18:84-99 [...100]; 18:101-110, 19: 1-4 [...6]) and (24:32-39; 24:39-49)11th-12th century or earlier

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Aged manuscript leaf with dense Arabic script in dark brown-black ink, red rubrics, and a red and gold marginal roundel on yellowed parchment
Single manuscript leaf on aged, yellowed parchment with torn and uneven edges, densely written in dark brown Arabic script in a large early Kufic hand, arranged in approximately twenty lines.

Unknown, Two pages from a manuscript of the Qur'an (18:84-99 [...100]; 18:101-110, 19: 1-4 [...6]) and (24:32-39; 24:39-49), 11th-12th century or earlier, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Two pages from a manuscript of the Qur'an (18:84-99 [...100]; 18:101-110, 19: 1-4 [...6]) and (24:32-39; 24:39-49)
Place Made
Iran or Iraq
Date Made
11th-12th century or earlier
Medium
Ink and colors on paper
Dimensions
Folio, overall (each): 11 x 7 1/2 in. (27.94 x 19.05 cm): Text block (each): 9 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (24.45 x 14.92 cm)
Credit Line
The Madina Collection of Islamic Art, gift of Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number
M.2002.1.391a-b
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic