Folio from a Qur'an, sura 39:10-13

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Zumar (the Troops) 39: parts of verses 10 and 11, recto begins with "hasana"; verso: sura 39: parts of verses 11, 12, 13, verso begins with "-in wa umirtu"; Arabic in black kufic script; gold orbs stacked as illuminated pyramid-shaped verse markers; vowels in red and yellow; one column; seven lines of text.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Credit Line

  The Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 800s, 700s, 1100s, 1200s, 1000s

• Place

  North Africa

• Topic

  Kufic script, West Asia, Art, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Sura 39, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids

• Object Type

  Manuscripts