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Scroll of the Qur'anearly 19th century

Not on view
Partially unrolled manuscript scroll with crimson red moiré textile casing, revealing cream-colored paper with registers of Arabic or Persian script in black and red ink
Horizontal manuscript strip with red fabric borders, featuring dense Arabic-script calligraphy arranged within interlocking diamond and lozenge-shaped medallions on a pale pink ground with gold accents; a column of Arabic script visible at right edge.
Narrow horizontal textile band with red borders enclosing a cream ground decorated with a continuous Arabic inscription in silver and gold thread, with small floral motifs at intervals.
Narrow horizontal textile band with Arabic calligraphy in grey-green thread on a cream ground, bordered by red stripes along the upper and lower edges.
Narrow horizontal textile band with red borders, featuring Arabic calligraphic inscriptions in silver-grey thread on a pale ground, with small framed cartouches containing red Arabic script at intervals.
Horizontal textile or paper band with Arabic calligraphy in flowing naskh script, framed by a red border, with rectangular cartouches interspersed among the text on a cream ground.
Narrow woven textile band with cream ground and red border edges, densely inscribed with Arabic calligraphy in silver and gold threads, interspersed with small rectangular cartouches containing red script.
Narrow horizontal textile band with red borders enclosing panels of Arabic calligraphy in silver and red thread on a pale ground.
Horizontal textile band with red border stripes enclosing large Arabic calligraphy in silver and orange thread on a pale ground, with small rectangular cartouches interspersed throughout.
Narrow horizontal textile band with red border edges, densely inscribed with Arabic calligraphy in dark ink on cream ground, with small red accent text within rectangular cartouches.
Narrow textile band with metallic gold-embroidered Arabic script on cream ground, divided into rectangular panels by thin borders, with red selvedge edges along top and bottom.
Title
Scroll of the Qur'an
Place Made
Turkey
Date Made
early 19th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
2 x 234 in. (5.1 x 594.6 cm)
Credit Line
The Edwin Binney, 3rd, Collection of Turkish Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Accession Number
M.85.237.63
Classification
Manuscripts
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Islamic
Selected Bibliography
  • Overton, Keelan. "A History of Ottoman Art History Through the Private Database of Edward Binney, 3rd." Journal of Art Historiography 6 (2012): 1-19.