Dual-page illuminated copy of al-Fātiḥah

Title:

Dual-page illuminated copy of al-Fātiḥah

Date:

between 1500 and 1599?

Description:

Dual-page illuminated copy of al-Fātiḥah, the first sūrah of the Qurʼān. The leaves are both blank on the verso, are written on thin paper and have been remounted onto machine-made paper.

Language:

Arabic

Type (Narrower):

Manuscripts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Fascimiles
Qurʼans
Illuminations (painting)
Detached leaves
Manuscripts, Arabic
Manuscripts, 16th century
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts--Specimens

Provenance:

Gift of H. Khan Monif in 1928

Extent:

Written in 6 lines in a central medallion.

Publisher:

University of Pennsylvania

Rights:

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Metadata is ©2019 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Identifier:

Penn Museum NEP17

Is part of:

OPenn: Manuscripts of the Muslim World

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