Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)

Medium:

ink watercolor (paint) gold (metal) parchment (animal material)

Dimensions:

H. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm)

Tradition:

Islamic

Place of Origin:

Tunisia > Kairouan

Repository:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession #:

2007.191

Date:

1019-1020 CE

ID:

20032

Keywords:

Islam Text Qur'an Paper Kairouan Manuscript

Notes:

Purchase, James and Diane Burke Gift, in honor of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, 2007