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Bound section (juz' 18) of a 30-volume Qur'an
Zangid Dynasty
1211 A.D./ 607 A.H.
Object Place: Sinjar, Iraq
Medium/Technique
Ink, color and gold on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 16.7 cm (8 1/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number27.154
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Islamic Art
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
DescriptionBound section (juz' 18) from a dispersed thirty-volume Qur'an made for the library of Zangid sultan of Sinjar, Qutb al-Din Muhammad ibn Zangi (r. 1198–1219); folios from other sections of the Qur'an added at a later date; illuminated frontispiece and finispiece; 92 total folios; each folio contains 5 lines of Arabic calligraphy in thuluth and New Style (Eastern Kufic) script written with gold and outlined in black ink; illuminated rosette verse markers; illuminated margin medallions. Leather binding with flap.
ProvenanceMiss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel (b. 1889 - d. 1986), New York; 1927, sold by Miss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel to the MFA for $1,500.00. (Accession Date: February 3, 1927)