Qur'an Manuscript

Qur'an Manuscript

Public Domain

Qur'an Manuscript
CultureMoroccan
Titles
  • Qur'an Manuscript
DateEnd of Rabi' al-Awwal, AH 718 AH / AD 1318
MediumInk, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment
Dimensions11 1/4 × 11 3/8 × 2 3/8 in. (28.5 × 28.9 × 6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Honorable and Mrs. Hushang Ansary, the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment, and the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number2007.1303
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
113 Islamic Art Gallery
On view

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Department
Art of the Islamic Worlds
Object Type
DescriptionThis magnificent copy of a Qurʾan from Morocco is a rare survival with a colophon identifying the patron and date of production: Abu Talib b. al-Shaykh Abu’l-Faris, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz, b. Sa‘id bin Isma‘il bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz bin Sa‘id al-Juhani in 1318. Many Qurʾan manuscripts from North Africa and Spain were copied in the distinctive Maghribi script, named after this region of western Islamic lands. Penned on parchment—a favored medium for Qurʾan manuscripts made in this area—this work displays an elaborate program of illumination used to highlight the internal divisions of the text.
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