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Collections

Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (74:14-31; 74:31-48)9th-10th century

Not on view
Manuscript leaf with Arabic Kufic script in dark brown ink on cream parchment, with red vowel marks and two gilded circular medallions marking verse divisions
Manuscript leaf with bold Kufic Arabic script in dark brown ink on cream parchment, arranged in horizontal lines with small red diacritical marks and two circular gold and black verse markers.

Unknown, Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (74:14-31; 74:31-48), 9th-10th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Page from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (74:14-31; 74:31-48)
Place Made
Iran
Date Made
9th-10th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment
Dimensions
Textblock: 7 1/4 × 10 1/2 in. (18.42 × 26.67 cm) Folio, overall: 9 1/2 × 13 1/4 in. (24.13 × 33.66 cm) Frame: 20 × 15 × 1 1/2 in. (50.8 × 38.1 × 3.81 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.503
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Curatorial Notes

Few early Qur’an manuscripts remain intact, while now-detached pages survive in substantial numbers. Single pages are at times tentatively reunited based on the number of lines per page and by close similarities in the script and illumination. This page's fifteen lines and distinctive verse markers (in gold) enable it to be linked to other folios in museum collections.

Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.

  • 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.