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Bound section of an illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Ghaznavid period
1092 A.D. / 485 A.H.
Object Place: probably Bust or Ghazna, Afghanistan, Central Asia
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper; binding, leather
Dimensions
Height x width (Overall): 26.5 × 20 × 3 cm (10 7/16 × 7 7/8 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number20.884
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CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsCalligraphy
Books and manuscripts
Books and manuscripts
DescriptionBound section (hizb) from a thirty-volume Qur'an; 26 folios; colophon; Arabic calligraphy in new style (eastern kufic) script; letter pointing in black and vocalizations in gold, red and blue; radiating, illuminated and inscribed verse markers; illuminated marginal medallions. Brown-tooled leather binding.
InscriptionsSura 20 [Ṭāʾ Hāʾ], vv. 1–110, 123–30
ProvenanceBy 1920, given by Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA.