This item has been added to the Database within the Explore Islamic Art Collections project. Information is available in: Italian, English, Arabic.
Qur΄an leaf
Turin, Italy
MAO Museum of Oriental Art
About MAO Museum of Oriental Art, Turin
Hegira late 3rd–early 4th century / AD late 9th–early 10th century
ISm/4
Vellum, ink, gold and red pigment
Height 20.5 cm
Abbasid
Near East or North Africa
This vellum Qur΄an page has 13 lines in kufic script. The vowels are indicated by red dots. Text: Surat al A’raf, VII, parts of verses 77–86. Verse 80 is marked with an illuminated device in colours and gold.
"Qur΄an leaf" in Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;it;Mus21;42;en
MWNF Working Number: IT1 42
RELATED CONTENT
Islamic Dynasties / Period
On display in
Download
As PDF (including images) As Word (text only)