Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

Unknown

dated A.H. 531/ 1137 CE · Ink, gold, and watercolor on paper · Islamic Art

The Museum owns eight folios of this dispersed Qur'an. These include a colophon page with the signature of the scribe Muhammad al-Zanjani, from the town of Zanjan in northwestern Iran, and the date of completion, in A.H. 531/A.D. 1137. The text is written in the script known as "eastern kufic" with some elements in naskh (cursive) and is lavishly illuminated with designs of foliate scrolls and geometric interlace.

Artist

Unknown

Date

dated A.H. 531/ 1137 CE

Medium

Ink, gold, and watercolor on paper

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Friends of Islamic Art Gifts, 1996