Medium:

Ink, gold, and color on parchment

Dimensions:

H x W: 12.8 x 18.5 cm (5 1/16 x 7 5/16 in)

Type:

Manuscript

Date:

9th century

Period:

Abbasid period

Description:

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; Sura al-Muddaththir (The One Wrapped Up)74:56, Sura al-Qiyama (The Resurrection) 75:1, beginning word "al-maghfira"; reverse: blank; Arabic in black kufic script; vocalized in red and gold; gold chapter heading with a marginal palmette; one column; five lines of text.

Collection:

National Museum of Asian Art Collection

Topic:

Islam  Search this

Abbasid period (750 - 1258)  Search this

Qur'an  Search this

kufic script  Search this

West Asia  Search this

Africa  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

sura 74  Search this

sura 75  Search this

Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection  Search this

Credit Line:

The Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

Accession Number:

S1997.87

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye382166668-3cfe-4f3e-9e30-9849193477af

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S1997.87