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Two pages from the Qur’an
(صفحتين من المصحف)

Title	Two pages from the Qur’an
Title Original	صفحتين من المصحف
Author	unknown
Author Original	مجهول
Publication Date:	First half of the fifteenth century (?)
Publication Place	Eastern Iran or Afghanistan - Khninko Museum
Subject	Ink, paints and gold on paper — Unknown
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 31 سم ،العرض : 43 سم (صفحة كلية ، صفحتين متصلتين معا)
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	433 ГРВ
Record ID	object;EPM;uc;Mus21;1;ar
Library Location	Khninko Museum
Date	First half of the fifteenth century (?)
Notes	The two pages of the Qur’an were written by Iranian teachers in the fifteenth century AD and are of exceptional importance. The style of handwriting as well as the decorative decoration indicate that the manuscript was written in Herat, the capital of the Timurid state (now within Afghanistan). The two pages on display include Surahs of the Qur’an, No. 87 (the highest), No. 88 (Al-Gashiya), No. 90 (Al-Balad), No. 91 (The Sun), No. 92 (the night).
Sample Text	“Two pages from the Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;1;ar
Bu sayfanın künyesi	Prepared by:Antonina MAKAREVYCH,Hanna RUDYK
Seçili bibliyografya	Baker, Colin F.,Qur'an Manuscripts: Calligraphy, Illumination, Design, London: British Library, 2007.Bilenko, H. and Rudyck (Rudyk), H.,Oriental Collection, guidebook, Kyiv: The Khanenko Museum, 2005.Bilenko, Halyna and Vyshnevetska, Mariya, et al.,State Collections of Ukraine, album, The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts, 2009.Krachkovskaya, V., "Musulmsnskoye iskusstvo v sobranii Khanenko (Muslim Art from the Khanenkos' Collection)", in Bartold V.V. (ed),Zapyski Kollegii Vostokovedov (Notes of the College of Orientalists)at Asian Museum of USSR Academy of Sciences, Vol II, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, 1927.Vyazmitina, M. (ed),Mystetstvo krain islamu (Art from Islamic Countries), catalogue, VUAN Museum of Art, Kyiv: All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 1930.

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Two pages from the Qur’an

(صفحتين من المصحف)

Author unknown

Author Original مجهول

Publication Date First half of the fifteenth century (?)

Publication Place Eastern Iran or Afghanistan - Khninko Museum

Subject Ink, paints and gold on paper — Unknown

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions الطول : 31 سم ،العرض : 43 سم (صفحة كلية ، صفحتين متصلتين معا)

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 433 ГРВ

Record ID object;EPM;uc;Mus21;1;ar

Library Location Khninko Museum

Date First half of the fifteenth century (?)

Notes The two pages of the Qur’an were written by Iranian teachers in the fifteenth century AD and are of exceptional importance. The style of handwriting as well as the decorative decoration indicate that the manuscript was written in Herat, the capital of the Timurid state (now within Afghanistan). The two pages on display include Surahs of the Qur’an, No. 87 (the highest), No. 88 (Al-Gashiya), No. 90 (Al-Balad), No. 91 (The Sun), No. 92 (the night).

Sample Text “Two pages from the Qur’an” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uc;Mus21;1;ar

Bu sayfanın künyesi Prepared by:Antonina MAKAREVYCH,Hanna RUDYK

Seçili bibliyografya Baker, Colin F.,Qur'an Manuscripts: Calligraphy, Illumination, Design, London: British Library, 2007.Bilenko, H. and Rudyck (Rudyk), H.,Oriental Collection, guidebook, Kyiv: The Khanenko Museum, 2005.Bilenko, Halyna and Vyshnevetska, Mariya, et al.,State Collections of Ukraine, album, The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts, 2009.Krachkovskaya, V., "Musulmsnskoye iskusstvo v sobranii Khanenko (Muslim Art from the Khanenkos' Collection)", in Bartold V.V. (ed),Zapyski Kollegii Vostokovedov (Notes of the College of Orientalists)at Asian Museum of USSR Academy of Sciences, Vol II, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, 1927.Vyazmitina, M. (ed),Mystetstvo krain islamu (Art from Islamic Countries), catalogue, VUAN Museum of Art, Kyiv: All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, 1930.