Folio from a Qur'an manuscript
Place made:Iran
General region:Asia
Date: 11th-13th century
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions:
10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (26.7 x 19.1 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Object number: 96.1.106
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
Eastern Kufic is more delicate than the standard Kufic script, and was developed by calligraphers in the 10th century. Note the red commentary in the side margin. (G. D. Scott, III, 1994)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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