Folio from a Qur'an, sura 11:35-57

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: sura: Hud (Hud) 11: part of verse 35, and verses 36-46, recto begins with "wa ana"; verso: sura 11:46-56, and part of 57, verso begins with "laka bi-hi"; Arabic in black "eastern kufic (New Style)" script with gold circular verse markers and illuminated marginal medallions; vowels in red and diacritics in black; one column; 27 lines of text.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Adrienne Minassian

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1100s

• Topic

  Sura 11, Art, Writing, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Arabic language

• Object Type

  Manuscripts