Two leaves from a Qurʼan.

Title	Two leaves from a Qurʼan.
Publication Date:	14th or 15th century
Publication Place	14th or 15th century -
Subject	Quran Manuscripts
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	Yes
Physical Dimensions	2 leaves (bifolio, 13 lines) : paper, ill. ; 400 x 287 mm
Library:	The Morgan Library & Museum
Library Asset ID	MS M.843
Record ID	77384
Library Location	Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
Date	14th or 15th century
Notes	Ms. leaves from a Qurʼan; written and illuminated in the 14th or 15th century; may be of Mamluk origin. Text: sura 14, Ibrāhīm (Abraham), verse 21, to sura 15, al-Ḥijr (Ḥijr), verse 6. Decoration: vocalized in black, with diacriticals also in black; reading marks in red and blue; headings are in a monumental cursive script; one illuminated sura heading in white is placed in gold and red cartouches with floral motifs accented in lapis, on a lapis panel.
Edinim bilgisi	Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.
Provenans	Belle da Costa Greene.
Yazı türü	naskh

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Two leaves from a Qurʼan.

Publication Date 14th or 15th century

Publication Place 14th or 15th century -

Subject Quran Manuscripts

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript Yes

Physical Dimensions 2 leaves (bifolio, 13 lines) : paper, ill. ; 400 x 287 mm

Library The Morgan Library & Museum

Library Asset ID MS M.843

Record ID 77384

Library Location Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

Date 14th or 15th century

Notes Ms. leaves from a Qurʼan; written and illuminated in the 14th or 15th century; may be of Mamluk origin. Text: sura 14, Ibrāhīm (Abraham), verse 21, to sura 15, al-Ḥijr (Ḥijr), verse 6. Decoration: vocalized in black, with diacriticals also in black; reading marks in red and blue; headings are in a monumental cursive script; one illuminated sura heading in white is placed in gold and red cartouches with floral motifs accented in lapis, on a lapis panel.

Edinim bilgisi Gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1951.

Provenans Belle da Costa Greene.

Yazı türü naskh