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Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"
View through The Met
Gold and silver on indigo-dyed parchment
Islamic Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Lila Acheson Wallace Gift 2004
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The text is copied in ta‘liq script, arranged in six horizontal lines and three diagonal ones at the bottom, on each page.
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Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 32), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi
Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 32), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi
The text is copied in ta‘liq script, arranged in six horizontal lines and three diagonal ones at the bottom, on each page.
The frontispiece is decorated with floral and cloud ban...
Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 34), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi
Text folio (text recto, text verso of folio 34), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi
The text is copied in ta‘liq script, arranged in six horizontal lines and three diagonal ones at the bottom, on each page.
The frontispiece is decorated with floral and cloud ban...
Folio with ownership notes; text (notes recto, text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi
Folio with ownership notes; text (notes recto, text verso of folio 3), from a manuscript of the Munsha’at by Sharaf Munshi
The text is copied in ta‘liq script, arranged in six horizontal lines and three diagonal ones at the bottom, on each page.
The frontispiece is decorated with floral and cloud ban...