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Right-half of an illuminated frontispiece from a Qur'an manuscript

14th century
Object PlaceEgypt or Syria
Medium/TechniqueOpaque pigments and gold on paper
DimensionsHeight x width: 63.5 × 35 cm (25 × 13 3/4 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number06.130
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ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
InscriptionsUpper panel: Innahu li-Qurʾān karīm ("Surely it is the Noble Qur'an") Lower panel: fī kitāb maknūn ("in a Well-Preserved Book")