Accession number
MS M.843
Object title
Two leaves from a Qurʼan.
Display Date
14th or 15th century
Created
14th or 15th century
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Description
2 leaves (bifolio, 13 lines) : paper, ill. ; 400 x 287 mm
Provenance
Belle da Costa Greene.
Notes
Ms. leaves from a Qurʼan; written and illuminated in the 14th or 15th century; may be of Mamluk origin.
Text: sura 14, Ibrāhīm (Abraham), verse 21, to sura 15, al-Ḥijr (Ḥijr), verse 6.
Decoration: vocalized in black, with diacriticals also in black; reading marks in red and blue; headings are in a monumental cursive script; one illuminated sura heading in white is placed in gold and red cartouches with floral motifs accented in lapis, on a lapis panel.
Text: sura 14, Ibrāhīm (Abraham), verse 21, to sura 15, al-Ḥijr (Ḥijr), verse 6.
Decoration: vocalized in black, with diacriticals also in black; reading marks in red and blue; headings are in a monumental cursive script; one illuminated sura heading in white is placed in gold and red cartouches with floral motifs accented in lapis, on a lapis panel.
Script
naskh
Language
Arabic
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