- Title
- Double page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (9:123-126; 9:126-129 and 10:9-12; 10:12-14)
- Date Made
- late 13th century or 14th century
- Medium
- Ink, colors and gold on parchment
- Dimensions
- 10 13/16 × 17 5/8 in. (27.46 × 44.77 cm)
Frame: 29 × 23 × 1 1/2 in. (73.66 × 58.42 × 3.81 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2002.1.25
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Islamic
- Curatorial Notes
Although parchment had already begun to pass out of vogue elsewhere in the Islamic world, this bifolium, copied in gold ink on parchment, reflects the conservative nature of Spain in the thirteenth century, as does its distinctive script. Known as Maghribi, after the region of North Africa that roughly encompasses modern Morocco, this graceful cursive script developed in the twelfth century in both Spain and North Africa, and its use is restricted to these regions.
- Selected Bibliography
- Komaroff, Linda. Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 2005.
