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Page from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript

(Mamluk, active about 1304–1335)
January 15, 1314 / 27 Ramadan 713
Object PlaceCairo, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueInk, lapis lazuli and gold on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 34.5 × 26 cm (13 9/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineArthur Mason Knapp Fund
Accession number39.793
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
InscriptionsRecto - Sura 33 [al-Ahzab, "The Confederates"], vv. 9-17 Verso - Sura 33 [ Al-Azhab, "The Confederates"], vv. 17-24
Provenance1939, sold by Kirkor Minassian (d. 1944), New York, to the MFA for $250.00. (Accession Date: December 14, 1939)
about 1985
1250-1350
possibly 14th century
15th–16th century
about 1880–85
1600–16