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Turkish, Anatolia

Qur'an Pages, ca. 1335-1350

Description

Maker

Culture

Turkish

Title

Qur'an Pages

Year

ca. 1335-1350

Medium

Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Dimensions

Height: 28.9 cm (11 3/8 inches)

Place

Anatolia

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs.Celia Robinson Stillwell

Object Number

84.038

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Text, Paratext, and Images

September 1, 2020 - July 24, 2021

These pages, part of the Qur’an, are written in two different languages: Arabic and Farsi. Because the original language of the Qur’an is Arabic, the main script is always written in that language. Here, a Farsi translation has been added at the bottom, allowing a wider readership, as well as complementing the athestics of the main text. Verses from the Hadith (a narrative account of what the Prophet Muhammad said and did) are expressed in a different Arabic script, blending into the border scrollwork and adding to both the meaning and decoration of the work.

Indian Art for the RISD Collection

August 23, 1985 - March 9, 1986

In Islam, the unique position of the Arabic script, in its many different styles, arose from the belief that it was the chosen medium for recording the word of God in the Qur'an. It served as both a unifying bond for Muslims in different parts of the Islamic world and the most consistently important vehicle for artistic expression. In this Indian Qur'an, the text is written in rayhani script while the gold arabesque borders contain lines in kufic script. Written diagonally between the main lines of text are Persian translations in naskhi script.

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