Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 38:75-83

Object Details

• Description

  Folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto; Sura Sad (Sad) 38: 75-78, recto begins with "min al-'alamayn" verso; sura 38: 79-83, verso begins with "rabbi"; Arabic in black maghribi script with gold knot and rosette verse markers, illuminated marginal roundel containing the word for 'ashr (ten) indicating the end of a tenth verse, and illuminated pear-shaped medallion containing the word for khams (five) indicating the end of a fifth verse; vocalized in red, tashdid and sukun in blue, hamza in yellow dots; one column; seven lines of text.

• Paper/Support

  Laid paper.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Sub-Saharan Africa (July 16, 2021 - February 27, 2022)

  Imaging the Word: Selections of Calligraphy from the Islamic World (November 17, 1999 to May 7, 2000)

• Credit Line

  The Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1590s, 1400s

• Place

  North Africa, Spain

• Topic

  Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Maghribi script, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an, Sura 38

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Manuscripts