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Qur’an
(مصحف)

Title	Qur’an
Title Original	مصحف
Publication Date:	Tenth century AH / sixteenth century AD
Publication Place	Iran - Chester Beatty Library
Subject	Colored pigments and gold on paper
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	46.2 × 30.3 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CBL Is 1545
Record ID	object;EPM;ir;Mus21;12;ar
Library Location	Chester Beatty Library
Date	Tenth century AH / sixteenth century AD
Notes	Although there is no documentary information for this Qur’an, it is clear that it was produced by a wealthy person and perhaps a high-ranking person. The sun medallions in the frontispiece, or like the sun at the beginning of the manuscript - and most of its other gilding - consist mainly of dense vines formed from arabesques that sprout and display small, colorful flowering plants. Like many manuscripts produced during the Safavid era, the gilding is done in a combination of blue, red and gold colors with touches of yellow. The text pages consist of blocks of black calligraphy outlined by vertical panels of blue and gold arabesques and placed between the longer lines of a large blue or gold third script. Large Qur’ans like this Qur’an are characteristic of Safavid production.
Sample Text	“Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;12;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	MWNF Working Number: IR 12

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Qur’an

(مصحف)

Publication Date Tenth century AH / sixteenth century AD

Publication Place Iran - Chester Beatty Library

Subject Colored pigments and gold on paper

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 46.2 × 30.3 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CBL Is 1545

Record ID object;EPM;ir;Mus21;12;ar

Library Location Chester Beatty Library

Date Tenth century AH / sixteenth century AD

Notes Although there is no documentary information for this Qur’an, it is clear that it was produced by a wealthy person and perhaps a high-ranking person. The sun medallions in the frontispiece, or like the sun at the beginning of the manuscript - and most of its other gilding - consist mainly of dense vines formed from arabesques that sprout and display small, colorful flowering plants. Like many manuscripts produced during the Safavid era, the gilding is done in a combination of blue, red and gold colors with touches of yellow. The text pages consist of blocks of black calligraphy outlined by vertical panels of blue and gold arabesques and placed between the longer lines of a large blue or gold third script. Large Qur’ans like this Qur’an are characteristic of Safavid production.

Sample Text “Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;ir;Mus21;12;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi MWNF Working Number: IR 12