Folios from a section (juz) of a Qur'an, sura 28:78-88; sura 29:4

Object Details

• Description

  Detached bifolio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; right-hand half recto: Sura al-Qasas (the Stories) 28: part of 88, and the illuminated heading of Sura al-Ankabut (the Spider) 29; verso: sura 29:4; left-hand half recto: Sura al-Qasas, sura 28: part of verse 78-79; verso: sura 28: 79, 80, and part of verse 81; Arabic in black Muhaqqaq script with an illuminated panel, illuminated verse markers and inscribed marginal medallions; vocalized in black with red letters for reading; one column; 5 lines of text.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art (May 9, 2007 to February 17, 2008)

  The Power of the Pen: Islamic Calligraphy in the 14th Century (September 24, 1995 to May 27, 1996)

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Transfer from the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Arts of the Islamic World, Sura 29, Sura 28, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Manuscripts