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Collections

Two Pages from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (74:19-23; 74:24-27 and 74:31-35; 74: 35-38)9th-10th century

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Open manuscript spread with two pages of large Kufic Arabic script in black ink, with small red diacritical dots, on aged ivory parchment
Title
Two Pages from a Manuscript of the Qur'an (74:19-23; 74:24-27 and 74:31-35; 74: 35-38)
Place Made
'Abbasid Caliphate
Date Made
9th-10th century
Period
Abbasid Caliphate
Medium
Ink on parchment
Dimensions
Double folio, overall: 5 1/16 x 15 1/8 (12.86 x 38.42 cm); Text block, individually: 3 1/2 x 4 13/16 in. (8.89 x 12.22 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.497
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.