Qur'an Manuscript Folio (verso)
1300–1399
- Medium
- ink, gold, and colors on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 41.2 x 32.4 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.); Text area: 30.3 x 22.5 cm (11 15/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Drawings
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517)
About
The text includes verses from chapter 39 of the Qur’an, Surah al-Zumar. The Arabic text is written in Rayhani script, one of the six official scripts of Perso-Arabic calligraphy, and ornamented with red, blue, and gold rosettes. There is a red, blue, and gold roundel in the border on the verso (front).