Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Unknown

early 14th century · Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · Islamic Art

This folio bears five lines of text with vowels and diacritical marks in black and red ink. The marks that prompt the reciter to pause take the form of disks and teardrops. The decorative vocabulary of the illumination, the copious use of gold, and the types of flowers depicted reflect the prominence of Chinese-derived motifs in the art of book illumination in fourteenth-century Iran.

Artist

Unknown

Date

early 14th century

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Gift of Richard Ettinghausen, 1975