Two pages from a Qur’an in kufic script

Details

• Title

  Two pages from a Qur’an in kufic script

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  9th - 10th century AD (AD 801 - 1000)

• Material and technique

  ink, colour, and gold on parchment

• Material index

  processed material › parchment;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  visual representation › painting;

  communications equipment › manuscript;

  religious/ritual equipment;

  visual representation › calligraphy

• Dimensions

  mount 27.5 x 34.4 cm (height x width)
  page 21.8 x 28.7 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by B. W. Robinson, 1962.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1962.159

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