Folio from a Qur'an manuscript

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Folio from a Qur'an manuscript

Date: 11th-13th century

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

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Folio from a Qur'an manuscript

Folio from a Qur'an manuscript