Qur'an Case

Unknown

second half 15th century · Leather; embroidered with gilt-silver wire · Islamic Art

This pouch, decorated with the Nasrid shield and motto, "There is no Victor but God," may have held a section of a small Qur'an. A French inscription on a piece of paper found inside the pouch at the time of purchase claimed that it belonged to the last sultan of Granada, Muhammad XII, known in Europe as Boabdil (r. 1486–92).

Artist

Unknown

Date

second half 15th century

Medium

Leather; embroidered with gilt-silver wire

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1904