Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript
Unknown Artist
14th century
Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Classification
Codices
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Ehsan Yarshater Gift, 1975
Accession Number
1975.29.2
Art Historical Context
These exquisite folios from a th-century Qur'an manuscript the pinnacle of Islamic calligraphy and illumination. Crafted by an unknown artist ink, opaque watercolor, gold on paper, they part of a codex—a bound book format that revolutionized the preservation and dissemination of sacred texts during the medieval Islamic world. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Islamic department (Purchase, Ehsan Yarshater Gift, 1975), these pages invite visitors to marvel at the reverence embedded in every stroke. The artistry shines through the masterful use of ink for flowing Arabic script, likely i...