Folio from a manuscript of the Qur'an
9th-10th centuries
Description
This is a folio detached from an `Abbasid-era Qur’an. It is written in Kufic script, with seven lines to the page, in dark brown ink on parchment. Vocalization marks are written in red and yellow. Verse stops are marked with gold dots or pendant-shaped marks in gold. The text consists of Sura 37:113-mid 115 (recto); and Sura 37: mid-115-118 (verso). The verso is the flesh side of the parchment. The verses concern Isaac; and Moses and Aaron who were given the book to guide their people.
Dimensions
23.8 x 33 cm (9 3/8 x 13 in.)
Provenance
Possibly Rudoph Riefstahl Sr. (before 1936), by descent; to Rudolph Riefstahl Jr., Ann Arbor, 30 January 1975, sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd , California (1975-1986), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011. NOTE: Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991-2011.
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