Detached Folio from an Early Qur’an Manuscript in Kufic Script
Arts of the Islamic World
MEDIUM
Ink and gold on parchment
DATES
9th century
PERIOD
Abbasid Period
DIMENSIONS
9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (24.8 × 34.5 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Islamic World
ACCESSION NUMBER
2021.52.10a-b
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Detached Folio from an Early Qur’an Manuscript in Kufic Script, 9th century. Ink and gold on parchment, 9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (24.8 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.10a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.10a-b.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.2021.52.10a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2017
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