ManuscriptsArab9th century

Folio 6 from a Qur'an: Sura 35: 7-8 (recto), Sura 35: 8-10 (verso)

9th century

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on vellum

Culture

Arab

Period

Abbasid period

Century

9th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

folio: 13.3 x 20.32 cm (5 1/4 x 8 in.)

Related Artworks

Manuscripts

Painting (recto), Poetry (verso), folio 117 from a Manuscript of the Complete Works of Sa`di

Unknown Artist, c. 1805

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th-20th centuryPersian

Manuscripts

Prayer Roll in Amharic

Unknown Artist, 17th century

Ink on vellum

17th centuryEthiopian

Manuscripts

Illustrated Manuscript of poetry by Maktabi Shirazi, Vahshi Bafqi, and Naw’i Khabushani

Unknown Artist, 1838

Cover: watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard Paintings: ink, watercolor, and gold on off-white laid paper Text: Ink, gold, and colors on paper

19th centuryPersian

Manuscripts

Folio 128 from a Manuscript of the Khamsa by Amir Khusraw of Delhi (d. 1325)

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

16th centuryPersian

Manuscripts

Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 4) from a manuscript of Subhat al-abrar by Jami

Unknown Artist, c. 1530-70

Ink, colors, and gold on paper

16th century

Manuscripts

Painting, recto; Text, verso of folio 15, illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Kitab-i Mihasikü’l-Hacc by Mevlana Jami

Unknown Artist, 1680

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th centuryOttoman

Manuscripts

Backing paper from the "Tale of Genji" Album (Genji monogatari gajō): Chapter 53, Writing Practice (Tenarai)

Unknown Artist, Muromachi period, dated 1516

The fifty-third of a series of 54 backing sheets mounted in an album; ink and color on paper

16th centuryJapanese

Manuscripts

Various Diseases of Horses and Their Treatments (Ba-isho), 2nd of 2 Volumes

Unknown Artist, 14th-16th century

Two books; ink and light color on paper

14th-16th centuryJapanese

Manuscripts

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2:191-194 (recto), Sura 2:194-196 (verso)

Unknown Artist, 13th-14th century

Ink, colors, and gold on parchment

13th-14th centuryNorth African

Manuscripts

Text (recto and verso of folio 13), illuminated folio from a Manuscript of Dala'il al-Khayrat

Unknown Artist, 1801-1802

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

19th centuryOttoman

Manuscripts

Afrasiyab Battles Bijan (painting recto; text verso of folio 251), Illustrated folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Unknown Artist

Manuscripts

Folio from an Illustrated Manuscript of a Compendium of Knowledge (Jung), made for Shah Sulayman

Unknown Artist, c. 1669-1670

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th centuryPersian