Folios from a Qur'an, Sura 47:4-12, 38; 48:1-6, 24-25

Object Details

• Description

  Three folios from a Qur'an pasted together; Sura Muhammad (Muhammad) 47: 4-12,38, beginning word "fazaraba", "la yakunu' 'mthalakum"; Sura al-Fath (the Victory) 48: 1-6,24-25, beginning word " 'anna fatahna", "wahuwa al-ladhy", Arabic in black kufic script with gold roundel verse markers; text area consists of two and half horizontal folios glued together on one board; vocalized in red.

  Border: The text is set in an Ottoman board with a blue inner frame and a floral outer frame, mounted on bright- orange paperboard with floral motifs.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Near East or North Africa

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Adrienne Minassian

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 800s

• Place

  North Africa

• Topic

  Kufic script, West Asia, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Manuscripts