Double illuminated opening pages from a Qur'an, sura 1
late 16th-early 17th
Description
These two illuminated folios are double-page opening folios of a Qur'an. Sura I (the opening chapter, Fatiha) is written in white color in the middle part of the illuminated pages. The illumination consists of a complex scheme of cartouches and intersecting lines using two tones of gold and a dominant lapis blue. Some loss and deterioration of colors is visible. The margins are not original.
Dimensions
27 x 16.5 cm (10 5/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Edwin Binney, 3rd, California (by 1986), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. 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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