ID: 700009470 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009470	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript (folio (leaf); N/A; dated A.H. 707/ 1307–1308 CE; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 55.44; )

Note: Probably made in Baghdad. Folio from a non-illustrated manuscript.

Titles:

Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

folio (leaf) [300189604] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, information form components, gathered matter components, leaves (gathered matter))

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: dated A.H. 707/ 1307–1308 CE

Creator Display:

N/A [preferred]

calligrapher Ahmad al-Suhrawardi (Baghdadian calligrapher, died 1320/1321) [500335270]

illuminator Muhammad ibn Aibak ibn 'Abdallah (Iraqi Islamic illuminator, 14th century) [500450213]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Baghdād [7002482] Mayorality of Baghdad (governorate), Iraq (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 55.44

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1955

Display Materials: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	gouache (paint) [300070114]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>, water-base paint)

	gilding (material) [300379350]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 20 3/16 x 14 1/2in. (51.3 x 36.8cm)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

text

Specific Subjects:

	Qurʾān [901000937]
	.....((Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Arabic (language) [300387843]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Provenance: [ Khalil Rabenou, New York, until 1955; sold to MMA]

Inscriptions: English translations of the Qur’an are taken from Arthur J. Arberry’s "The Koran Interpreted" (New York, 1966). In borders at top and bottom in Arabic in “new-style” script : بغداد حماها الله تعالی في شهور/ سنة سبع وسبعمائة هلالیة Baghdad, may God, the exalted, protect her, in the months of the year A.H. 707 [1307–8 A.D.] hilali [calendar] At center in Arabic in muhaqqaq script: احمد بن السهروردي البکري/ حامداً ومصلیاً علی نبیه/ محمد وآله وصحبه مسلماً Ahmad ibn Suhrawardi al-Bakri praises God and prays for His messenger Muhammad, his family, and his companions and salutes.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 25 June 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)