Leaf from the Anonymous Baghdad Qur’an

Work Information
Period: Il-Khanid
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, United States Inventory #:55.44
Location Note: Rogers Fund, 1955
Material: Ink, colors, and gold on paper
Date: 1307–8
Inscription: (In Arabic; text in muhaqqaq script): "Ahmad ibn al-Suhrawardi al-Bakri, praising Allah and blessing His prophet Muhammad and his family and his companion and saluting"; (in kufic script, on upper and lower bands): "Baghdad may Allah the Exalted honor it,
Vendor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Description: recto
Vendor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Vendor Cat #: DT456
Rights: Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art