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Four pages from a Qur'an manuscript
Four pages from a Qur'an manuscript

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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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
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InscriptionsSura 4 [al-Nisa, "Women"], vv. 171-2 and end of v. 176 Sura 5 [Al-Ma'idah, "The Table"], vv. 1-2. Provenance1930, sold by Miss Elizabeth (Riefstahl) Titzel (b. 1889 - d. 1986), New York to the MFA for $420. (Accession date: January 2, 1930)