Part 15 of a 30-Part Qur'an
Part 15 of a 30-Part Qur'an
Part 15 of a 30-Part Qur'an

Image credit: The Khalili Collections

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Although three other sections of this Qur'an survive in various libraries, this is the only one that retains its original illumination. The frontispiece is a panel composed of intersecting rectangles and circles in gold with rich arabesque ornament in black, blue, white and red. The opening and closing spreads of text are of monumental quality, with only three lines to the page. The heading of surah al-Kahf (XVIII) is written in white Kufic in a decorated panel with a marginal palmette (folio 34b).

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Part 15 of a 30-Part Qur'an

Date

681 AH (1282–1283)

Medium

ink, opaque watercolour & gold on paper; sixteenth-century Iranian stamped & gilded leather binding & flap, with paper-filigree doublures

Accession number

579

Work type

Drawing

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The Khalili Collections

London, Greater London England

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