Page from a Qur'an (recto)
1100–1199
- Medium
- ink, gold, and colors on paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 30.6 x 20 cm (12 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Text area: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Calligraphy
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194)
About
East Persian ornamental Kufic (a script used for Qur’an transcriptions) in black, red, and gold fill this page, which is additionally decorated with gold and blue medallions on its border. Twenty-three lines from the Qur’an’s Sura al-Rahman (The Compassionate, 55: 73–78) constitute the text.