Seven Folios from the Pink Qur’an, comprising continuous text from Surah al-Baqarah (II), part of verse 206 to part of verse 217

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Seven Folios from the Pink Qur’an, comprising continuous text from Surah al-Baqarah (II), part of verse 206 to part of verse 217

Place of OriginLikely Játiva (Xàtiva), Andalusia, Spain

Date13th Century

DimensionsClosed: 13 1/4 × 11 1/4 × 1/4 in. (33.7 × 28.6 × 0.6 cm)

MediumInk, gold, silver, and opaque watercolor on paper; modern leather binding

ClassificationManuscripts

Credit LineMrs. George W. Stevens Fund

Object number

2022.41

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DescriptionManuscript section containing seven folios of continuous text written in Arabic on pink paper. The Qur’anic text, comprised of Surah al-Baqarah (II), part of verse 206 to part of verse 217, is written in brown Maghribi script, a single column of 5 lines. Diacritical, vocalization, and pointing marks appear in outlined gold, silver, blue, yellow, and green. Gold roundels containing ‘abjad letters in white and red mark the divisions of each Qur’anic verse, but are misnumbered. A teardrop-shaped medallion marks the end of verse 207. Housed in modern leather binding blind-stamped with motifs of Mamluk influence.

Comparative ReferencesSee also Falk, Toby, ed, Treasures of Islam, London, Sotheby’s with Musée d’art et d’histoire, Geneva, 1985, pp. 39.

See also Dodds, Jerrilynn, ed, Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992, pp. 311.

See also Fraser, Marcus, and Will Kwiatkowski, Ink and Gold: Islamic Calligraphy, London, Sam Fogg, 2006, no. 17.

See also Komaroff, Linda, Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, 2016, pp. 126-127.