Qur'an

15th century (Timurid)

31 cm 40 cm

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Fluid letters undulate across the page punctuated by illuminated medallions. They focus the reader’s eyes on the sacred words in this elaborately decorated copy of the Qur’an—the Muslim sacred text communicated by God (Allah) and dictated by the angel Gabriel to the prophet Mu...

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Sultan 'Uthman Khan [1]; Sultan Bayezid II [2]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Erased bequest (waqf) statement and stamp on fol. 3a[2] Seal on fol. 8a
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en
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