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A page from the Qur’an
(صفحة من القرآن)

Title	A page from the Qur’an
Title Original	صفحة من القرآن
Publication Date:	3rd-4th / 9th-10th century
Publication Place	Iraq or Syria. - Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Subject	Gold-plated deer skin, written in dark brown ink.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 27 سم؛ العرض: 39 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	ŞE 43/2
Record ID	object;ISL;tr;Mus01;2;ar
Library Location	Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
Date	3rd-4th / 9th-10th century
Notes	The Qur’an is written on deer skin, in gold calligraphy and a dark brown frame in seddish ink. On the page are seen verse 3 of Surah Al-Ikhlas (No. 112) and Verse 1 of Surah Al-Falaq (No. 113). The two verses are written in a rich gold border and covered with dark brown ink. There are no signs of diacritics, and diacritics appear as red or black dots. The only evidence of the beginning of a new surah is the basmalah (formula "In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful"). Each verse ends with three italic lines. The pages of the Qur’an are framed by wide margins drawn with fine lines. As for the rectangles formed by the lines of the margins, they form interconnected sections, and their wide spaces are filled with decorations in the form of thin spiral parts of trellis plants with leaves and flowers. Only five pages remain of this Qur’an, which was completed in the 3rd-4th / 9th-10th century in Iraq or Syria. It must have been made for an important mosque or ruler, since it was written in richly decorated script.
Sample Text	Şule Aksoy “A Page from the Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tr;Mus01;2;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Şule AKSOYŞule Aksoy is Vice Director of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul. She was born in Istanbul in 1947. She graduated from the Department of History and Art History of the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University in 1970. She has been working at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul since 1967, first as an expert, then as the Head of the Manuscripts Department until 2003, when she became Vice Director. She has participated in numerous projects and exhibitions organised by the museum and is the author of various publications.
Seçili bibliyografya	ölçer, N.et al,In Pursuit of Excellence: Works of Art from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, 1993, p.15.ölçer, N.et al,Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Istanbul, 2002, pp.44–5.

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A page from the Qur’an

(صفحة من القرآن)

Publication Date 3rd-4th / 9th-10th century

Publication Place Iraq or Syria. - Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Subject Gold-plated deer skin, written in dark brown ink.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 27 سم؛ العرض: 39 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID ŞE 43/2

Record ID object;ISL;tr;Mus01;2;ar

Library Location Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

Date 3rd-4th / 9th-10th century

Notes The Qur’an is written on deer skin, in gold calligraphy and a dark brown frame in seddish ink. On the page are seen verse 3 of Surah Al-Ikhlas (No. 112) and Verse 1 of Surah Al-Falaq (No. 113). The two verses are written in a rich gold border and covered with dark brown ink. There are no signs of diacritics, and diacritics appear as red or black dots. The only evidence of the beginning of a new surah is the basmalah (formula "In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful"). Each verse ends with three italic lines. The pages of the Qur’an are framed by wide margins drawn with fine lines. As for the rectangles formed by the lines of the margins, they form interconnected sections, and their wide spaces are filled with decorations in the form of thin spiral parts of trellis plants with leaves and flowers. Only five pages remain of this Qur’an, which was completed in the 3rd-4th / 9th-10th century in Iraq or Syria. It must have been made for an important mosque or ruler, since it was written in richly decorated script.

Sample Text Şule Aksoy “A Page from the Qur’an” in Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;tr;Mus01;2;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Şule AKSOYŞule Aksoy is Vice Director of the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul. She was born in Istanbul in 1947. She graduated from the Department of History and Art History of the Faculty of Letters, Istanbul University in 1970. She has been working at the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul since 1967, first as an expert, then as the Head of the Manuscripts Department until 2003, when she became Vice Director. She has participated in numerous projects and exhibitions organised by the museum and is the author of various publications.

Seçili bibliyografya ölçer, N.et al,In Pursuit of Excellence: Works of Art from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, 1993, p.15.ölçer, N.et al,Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art, Istanbul, 2002, pp.44–5.