AMICA ID:
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MMA_.37.142
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Books
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Islamic
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Attributed to Central Islamic Lands
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Title:
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Detached folio from a non-illustrated manuscript
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Title Type:
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Object name
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Title:
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Part of a Qur'an Mansucript
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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9th century
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Creation Start Date:
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800
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Creation End Date:
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899
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Materials and Techniques:
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Ink, colors, and gold on vellum; tooled leather binding
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Classification Term:
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Codex
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Dimensions:
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4 x 6 3/4 in. (10.2 x 17.1 cm))
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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37.142
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Philip Hofer, 1937
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Rights:
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Context:
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This rare fragment of a Qur'an contains ninety-seven folios copied in bold kufic script. The complete text would have included about 2,300 folios subdivided in many volumes. The illumination seen here originally opened the second volume. Notable are the lifelike trees in the margins that later will be replaced by more abstract vegetal ornament. |
Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.is37.142.R.tif
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