Four pages from a Qur'an manuscript
10th–early 11th century
Medium/TechniqueInk, color and gold on parchment
DimensionsHeight x width: 16.1 × 12 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number30.4
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Not on viewClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
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Provenance1930, sold by Miss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel (b. 1889 - d. 1986), New York to the MFA for $420. (Accession date: January 2, 1930)
9th–10th century
12th–14th century
about 900–905
9th–10th century
13th–14th century
9th–10th century
8th century
mid-15th century
16th century with 18th–century A.D.ditions
mid-13th century
about 1450–75
probably 1275–1300 (France), with additions in 1350–1400 (Italy)