Quran Manuscript in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2011

Qur'an Manuscript

Object Name: Non-illustrated manuscript

Date: probably 14th century

Geography: Iran

Medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

Dimensions: H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) W. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

Classification: Codices

Credit Line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889

Accession Number: 89.2.2155

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1400...

This miniature manuscript with calligraphy so small that reading it is arduous, was probably to be kept in a leather pouch and worn as a talisman rather than used for recitation.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.