Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript (ca. 1180, Met 29.160.24)

ورقة مصحف (نحو 1180، ب)

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 29.160.24.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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A second leaf from the same Qur'an, about 1180, eastern Iran or Afghanistan; the same Andalusian-Maghribi style. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript (ca. 1180, Met 29.160.24)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/waraqa-quran-1180b/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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