Illuminated Manuscript Koran, Illuminated Incipit Page With Headpiece Inscribed With The Chapter Heading For SÅ«rat Maryam, Walte
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Illuminated Manuscript Koran, Illuminated incipit page with headpiece inscribed with the chapter heading for SÅ«rat Maryam, Walte

A fragment of the Koran (Qur'an) covering the chapters 19 (Mariam) through 23 ( al-Muʾminūn) written on Italian paper in a large Maghribi script, with vocalization in red ink, in the 12th AH / 18th CE century. Shown here is the illuminated incipit page with a headpiece carrying the chapter heading (Maryam) in a decorative New Abbasid Style ('broken cursive') in the central medallion in gold. See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website: art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=38427

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