Harvard Art Museums > 2013.80.2: Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2:191-194 (recto), Sura 2:194-196 (verso) Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2:191-194 (recto), Sura 2:194-196 (verso) , 2013.80.2,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337009. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2013.80.2 Title Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 2:191-194 (recto), Sura 2:194-196 (verso) Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript folio Date 13th-14th century Places Creation Place: Africa, North Africa Culture North African Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/337009 Physical Descriptions Medium Ink, colors, and gold on parchment Dimensions 20 x 16 cm (8 x 6 1/2 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Edwin Binney, 3rd, California (1979-1986), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012. NOTE: Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991-2011. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums Accession Year 2013 Object Number 2013.80.2 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Along with 2013.80.1, this is one of two detached folios from the same Qur’an, copied in Maghribi script on parchment. Based on stylistic evidence of the script and medium, the two Qur’an folios can be dated to the 13th and 14th centuries and were probably made in North Africa, where Qur’ans were still produced in parchment rather than paper at this time. Each folio is copied in brown ink with eight lines to the page. Green, red, blue, and yellow are used for diacritical marks. The small gold rosettes denote the end of each verse. The larger roundels correspond to every tenth verse. On the recto side of 2013.80.2, verse 2:190 is marked with the larger roundel, and the number 90 is spelled out in golden letters against a dark blue ground . On the same folio, the verso side is the flesh side of the parchment as it is lighter in color. On 2013.80.1, the recto side is the flesh side. Exhibition History 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/02/2016 - 04/26/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
