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Detached Folio from an Early Qur’an Manuscript in Kufic Script

Arts of the Islamic World

MEDIUM Ink and gold on parchment
DATES 9th century
PERIOD Abbasid Period
DIMENSIONS 9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (24.8 × 34.5 cm)  (show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER 2021.52.10a-b
CREDIT LINE Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Detached Folio from an Early Qur’an Manuscript in Kufic Script, 9th century. Ink and gold on parchment, 9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (24.8 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.10a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.10a-b.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.2021.52.10a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2017
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 <em>Detached Folio from an Early Qur’an Manuscript in Kufic Script</em>, 9th century. Ink and gold on parchment, 9 3/4 × 13 9/16 in. (24.8 × 34.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Thomas A.D. and Stephen E. Ettinghausen in memory of Richard and Elizabeth Ettinghausen, 2021.52.10a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.2021.52.10a-b.jpg)