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Explore image in Pages from a Qur’an in Kufic Script
9th–10th century
Ink and color on deerskin
5 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (14.6 × 10.8 cm)
Hobart and Edward Small Moore Memorial Collection, Gift of Mrs. William H. Moore
1952.52.10
Geography:
Iran
Status:
Culture:
Iranian/Persian, Islamic
Period:
Abbasid dynasty (750–1258)
Classification:
Works on Paper - Manuscripts
Provenance:
Mrs. William H. Moore (1858–1955), New York, to 1952; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
Kishwar Rizvi, “Islamic Art at the Yale University Art Gallery,” Arts of Asia (March–April 2018): 97, fig. 2.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
