Folio from a Qur'an, sura 72:17-24

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Jinn (Jinn) 72: part of verse 17, and verses 18-21, recto begins with "'an dhikri"; verso: sura 72:22, 23, and part of 24, verso begins with "qul"; Arabic in black kufic script with gold verse markers and illuminated marginal medallion, vocalized in red, late addition diacritics and vowels in black; one column; 8 lines of text.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Adrienne Minassian

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  900s

• Topic

  Kufic script, Art, Sura 72, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts