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Section from a Qur'an Manuscript (MET, 2006.212)

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Section from a Qur'an Manuscript   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Title
Section from a Qur'an Manuscript
Description
This section of a Qur‘an manuscript written on parchment contains verses 114-147 from Sura 4 (al-Nisa’, "of the women"). On the last page, the text is framed by a gilded border and is set inside cloud-bands against a background of scrolls. The style of the script is cursive muhaqqaq
Date circa 1320
date QS:P571,+1320-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium

Main support: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Binding: Leather; tooled
Dimensions 10 7/16 x 7 1/2 in. (26.5 x 19 cm)
institution QS:P195,Q160236
Current location
Islamic Art
Accession number
2006.212
Credit line Purchase, Gifts in memory of Newton Foster, and funds from various donors, 2006
Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/455270

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