Folio from a Qur'an, sura 17:34-44

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Isra (the Night journey) 17: parts of verses 34, 35-38, and 39, recto begins with "ahsanu"; verso: 17: parts of verses 39-43 and 44, verso begins with "mimma"; Arabic in black and blue bihari script, and gold thuluth script with round illuminated verse markers and an illuminated pear-shaped marginal medallion; vocalized in black; late addition interlinear Persian translation in red nasta'liq; one column; thirteen lines of text.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  India

• Credit Line

  The Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Place

  India

• Topic

  Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Arts of the Islamic World, Sura 17, Qur'an, Delhi Sultanate (1206 - 1526)

• Culture

  Muslims

• Language

  Bihari languages

• Object Type

  Manuscripts