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Page from a Qur'an manuscript

11th–12th century
Object PlaceNorth Africa
Medium/TechniqueInk, color and gold on vellum
DimensionsHeight x width: 24.2 × 22 cm (9 1/2 × 8 11/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number15.126
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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
InscriptionsSura 20 [Ṭāʾ Hāʾ], vv. 8-11 Sura 20 [Ṭāʾ Hāʾ], vv. 11-14
ProvenanceBy 1915, Denman Waldo Ross (b. 1853 - d. 1935), Cambridge, MA; 1915, gift of Ross to the MFA. (Accession date: January 7, 1915)