Main Title: Qur'an leaf, Sura Nuh and Surat Al-Jinn (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011)
Image Title: Detail 20331302

Holding institution:
Fine Arts Library, Harvard University
Data provider:
Harvard University Library
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Title:
Main Title: Qur'an leaf, Sura Nuh and Surat Al-Jinn (Sotheby's, 4.6.2011)
Image Title: Detail 20331302
Alternative title:
Koran
Date:
800
899
9th cent.
Description:
A folio from a large dispersed Qur'an; 15 lines per page in Kufic script in brown ink; sura heading in goldCulture: Islamic, ArabicMaterials/Techniques: ink, color (pigment), gold, vellumNote: General note: Produced in Near East or North Africa
Type:
still image
manuscripts
Type (Narrower):
Manuscripts
Type (Broader):
Text
Subject:
Kufic
religion
Korans
Provenance:
Welch, S. Cary Jr. collection, Cambridge, MA, United States (Former repository)
Extent:
24.7 by 33.7cm
Rights:
(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911
Identifier:
8001602183_URN-3:FHCL:32604738
Is part of:
Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection
Exhibit tags:
mss-quran
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