Detached folio from a Qur'an, Sura 12:31-34, 57-62

Object Details

• Description

  Detached double-folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; right-hand half recto: Sura Yusuf (Joseph) 12: part of verse 57, and verses 58-60, recto begins with "wa kanu"; right-hand half verso: sura 12:60-62, verso begins with "lam ta'twni"; left-hand half recto: part of verse 31, and verse 32, recto begins with "ra'ayinau"; left-hand half verso: 32-34, verso begins with " mina al-saghiriyna"; Arabic in black naskh script with gold rosette verse markers and inscribed marginal roundel; vocalized in black, tashdid and hamza in red; one column; 7 lines of text.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Adrienne Minassian

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Date

  1300s

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an, Sura 12

• Culture

  Muslims

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)