Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: ca. 1180
Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper
Dimensions: H. 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm) W. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Origin: Eastern Iran or present-day Afghanistan
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B58B64 · 53%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CBA27C · 12%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #926E4B · 10%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #484037 · 9%

Weathered Leather · Brown family · #735C42 · 9%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BC8653 · 2%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3D3E39 · 1%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #51565E · <1%

Weathered Brick · Orange family · #B25B3F · <1%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #A58E5E · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9C856F · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #E2B881 · <1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #393D3B · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #7C736C · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5C5D53 · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #545E5E · <1%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #783924 · <1%

Antique Rose Dust · Pink family · #967C7D · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1929

12 tags

Written Word Both · 99%

The page is dominated by written Arabic text, and the catalog identifies the object as a folio from a non-illustrated manuscript.

Related to Religion Both · 99%

The catalog identifies the subject as the Qur’an, and the visible page contains Qur’anic Arabic text.
Text Visual · 99%

Extensive writing is the principal visual subject of the folio, with no pictorial scene visible.

Patterns Visual · 96%

The border uses repeated interlacing ornament, and the text field contains recurring decorative and colored marks.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 91%

The folio is richly embellished with a patterned frame, faint ornament across the ground, colored marks, and gold details beyond the primary text.

Manuscript Metadata · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a folio from a non-illustrated manuscript and as Codices.
Arabic/Farsi Calligraphy Both · 97%

The visible Arabic script and the Qur’anic manuscript context support the use of Arabic/Farsi calligraphy as a technique category.
Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog specifies ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, identifying paper as the support.

1000 - 1400 CE Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the folio to circa 1180, within the 1000–1400 CE period.

Use of Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog explicitly identifies paper as the support material.
Gold Both · 97%

Gold is specified in the catalog and is visibly present in the border ornament and decorated circular marker.

Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 95%

The work is held in the Metropolitan Museum’s Islamic Art department and is identified as a Qur’an manuscript from an Islamic cultural context.

Unknown artist. Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.