Bifolium from a Qur'an manuscript

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Bifolium from a Qur'an manuscript

Date: 14th century

Dimensions:

9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. (24.8 x 34.3 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins

Object number: 96.1.108

Provenance: with Frances Semaan Wilkins (1916-1999) and Frederick J. Wilkins (1916-2004), San Antonio, by 1994; Frances Semaan Wilkins and Frederick Wilkins, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1996

Label Text

Muhaqqa means "meticulously produced", and it is a popular script for Korans even today. These folio pages mention Moses and the punishment of Pharaoh on Judgment Day. (G. D. Scott, III, 1994)

Not on view

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Bifolium from a Qur'an manuscript

Bifolium from a Qur'an manuscript