The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This small copy of the Qur'an was penned by an anonymous scribe in Iran in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth century CE.
Black vocalized naskh, chapter-headings in red riqāʿ on gold background.
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Copy editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Damon, Elena
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Iran
13th century AH / 19th century CE
book
Original Binding
Original nineteenth-century lacquer binding (without flap), with floral design painted on gold ground. Doublures show an all-over pattern of five-petaled flowers painted in gold on a red ground.
The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic. The secondary language of this manuscript is Persian.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
Iran
13th century AH / 19th century CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Arabic. The secondary language of this manuscript is Persian.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
This small copy of the Qur'an was penned by an anonymous scribe in Iran in the thirteenth century AH / nineteenth century CE.
Black vocalized naskh, chapter-headings in red riqāʿ on gold background.
Principal cataloger: Gacek, Adam
Cataloger: Landau, Amy
Cataloger: Smith, Sita
Copy editor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Barrera, Christina
Contributor: Damon, Elena
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Noel, William
Contributor: Simpson, Shreve
Contributor: Toth, Michael B.
Contributor: Valle, Chiara
Conservator: Jewell, Stephanie
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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