Detached folio from a Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Muzzammil (the Enshrouded one), sura 73:15-20 and the title of Sura al-Muddaththir, recto begins with "ana arsalna", one column, 14 lines of text; verso: Sura al-Muddaththir (the Cloaked one), sura 74:1-30 and part of 31, verso begins with "ya ayyuha", one column, 15 lines of text; Arabic in black, blue and gold naskh and muhaqqaq script, sura headings in white thuluth script, vocalized in black with red letters for reading and recitation, marginal medallion and inscription; one of a group of twenty folios.
Border: Text is set in gold, red, blue and purple rulings on cream-colored paper with marginal medallions.
Inscriptions:
Recto: bottom left: waqf (endowment)
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Exhibition History:
The Divine Word of Islam (July 4, 1993 to January 2, 1994)