Folio from a Qur’an Manuscript
Folio from a Qur’an Manuscript
Place of OriginCentral Islamic lands, probably Iraq
Date9th Century (Abbasid Period)
DimensionsH: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W: 11 11/16 in. (29.7 cm)
MediumInk, color and gold on parchment.
ClassificationManuscripts
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1941.41
Not on View
DescriptionDetached folio from a Qur'an manuscript, Surah Al-Baqarah (2:110-111)
Exhibition HistoryGrand Rapids, Grand Rapids Art Gallery, The Art of Persia, 1954.
early 9th Century
11th Century
9th Century (Abbasid Period)
11th Century
12th century
Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Qayyum ibn Muhammad ibn Karamshah al-Tabrizi
about 1370 AD
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