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Bound section (juz' 6) of a Qur'an manuscript
Mamluk period
14th–15th century
Object Place: Egypt or Syria
Medium/Technique
Ink on paper; binding, leather
Dimensions
.207 x .28
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number09.326
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionBound section (juz' 6) of a thirty-volume Qur'an, initial folios missing; 17 folios; each folio contains 9 lines of Arabic calligraphy; letter pointing in black and vocalization in red and blue; illuminated verse markers with blue and red dots. Cream-colored paper. Leather binding.
InscriptionsSura 4 [an-Nisāʾ, "Women"], v. 3 to Sura 6 [al-ʾAnʿām, "Cattle"], v. 81