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An open page from the twenty-sixth part of the unknown Baghdad Qur’an
(صفحة مفتوحة من الجزء السادس والعشرين من مصحف بغداد المجهول)

Title	An open page from the twenty-sixth part of the unknown Baghdad Qur’an
Title Original	صفحة مفتوحة من الجزء السادس والعشرين من مصحف بغداد المجهول
Publication Date:	706 AH / 1306-7 AD
Publication Place	Baghdad, Iraq - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع : 43.2 سم ، العرض : 35.2 سم الحامل : الارتفاع : 55.9 سم ، العرض : 40.6 سم الإطار : الارتفاع : 58.4 سم ، العرض : 43.2 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	50.12
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;24;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	706 AH / 1306-7 AD
Notes	This beautifully gilded page originally formed the right half of a double page for the first section of Part 26 of the Qur’an. Its owner is unknown, but the calligrapher Ahmed Ibn al-Suhrawardi is a famous student of the master calligrapher Yaqut Ibn Aybak, who collaborated with the calligrapher in writing many notable Qur’ans. From the remaining parts of this manuscript, it appears that the one who edited it used the form of a different geometric system for the introduction of each volume/part.
Sample Text	“An open page from the twenty-sixth part of the unknown Baghdad Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;24;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: US3 24
Seçili bibliyografya	Ekhtiar, Maryam, Canby, Shelia R., Haidar, Navina and Soucek, Priscilla P. (eds),Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011: 92-93, no. 54A, ill. 93 (colour).Ettinghausen, Richard, "Islamic Art",Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 33/1 (Spring 1975): ill. 27 (b/w).James, David,Qur'ans of the Mamluks, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988: 78-92, 235, no. 39, ill. 235 (b/w), figs. 49-52 (colour); figs. 57-60 (b/w).Schimmel, Annemarie, "Islamic Calligraphy",Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, 50/1 (Summer 1992).

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An open page from the twenty-sixth part of the unknown Baghdad Qur’an

(صفحة مفتوحة من الجزء السادس والعشرين من مصحف بغداد المجهول)

Publication Date 706 AH / 1306-7 AD

Publication Place Baghdad, Iraq - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع : 43.2 سم ، العرض : 35.2 سم الحامل : الارتفاع : 55.9 سم ، العرض : 40.6 سم الإطار : الارتفاع : 58.4 سم ، العرض : 43.2 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 50.12

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;24;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date 706 AH / 1306-7 AD

Notes This beautifully gilded page originally formed the right half of a double page for the first section of Part 26 of the Qur’an. Its owner is unknown, but the calligrapher Ahmed Ibn al-Suhrawardi is a famous student of the master calligrapher Yaqut Ibn Aybak, who collaborated with the calligrapher in writing many notable Qur’ans. From the remaining parts of this manuscript, it appears that the one who edited it used the form of a different geometric system for the introduction of each volume/part.

Sample Text “An open page from the twenty-sixth part of the unknown Baghdad Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;24;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: US3 24

Seçili bibliyografya Ekhtiar, Maryam, Canby, Shelia R., Haidar, Navina and Soucek, Priscilla P. (eds),Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011: 92-93, no. 54A, ill. 93 (colour).Ettinghausen, Richard, "Islamic Art",Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, 33/1 (Spring 1975): ill. 27 (b/w).James, David,Qur'ans of the Mamluks, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1988: 78-92, 235, no. 39, ill. 235 (b/w), figs. 49-52 (colour); figs. 57-60 (b/w).Schimmel, Annemarie, "Islamic Calligraphy",Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, New Series, 50/1 (Summer 1992).