ID: 700009475 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009475	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Double Folio from a Qur'an (folios (leaves); unknown, Central Asia or Turkey; ca. 1330-1350; Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia count...; 2004-149-4)

Note: Chapter 5, "The Table" (al-Ma'ida), Verses 72-74. Possibly made in Anatolia, Turkey, Asia; Decorated in India, Asia. As in the western tradition, Islamic books have a vertical format with paper pages sewn together into a binding. Early Muslim settlers from central and western Asia carried Islamic book traditions into India, especially in the form of Qur'ans, such as the one from which these pages come. Since the Qur'an, the holy scripture of Islam, was communicated in Arabic to the Prophet Muhammad by God in the seventh century, its words are venerated, as is the writing that communicates them. Three distinct calligraphic scripts appear on this page. Large, bold lines give the Qur'an verses in the original Arabic; zigzag bands of smaller letters translate the verses into Persian; and red, blockish characters with verses from the Hadith (Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad) serve as a decorative frame.

Titles:

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

Chapter 5, "The Table" (al-Ma'ida), Verses 72-74 (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

folios (leaves) [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: ca. 1330-1350

Creator Display:

unknown, Central Asia or Turkey [preferred]

artist unknown Central Asian (Central Asian cultural designation) Qualifier: possibly by [500475832]

artist unknown Anatolian Islamic (Anatolian Islamic cultural designation) Qualifier: possibly by [500202837]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Asia Minor [7002294] Turkey (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania, United States) [500214534] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2004-149-4

Credit Line: 125th Anniversary Acquisition. Alvin O. Bellak Collection, 2004

Other: Creation: South Asia [7000208] Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

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

	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)

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

	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: Sheet (A (Left page on mount)): 11 1/4 × 7 3/8 inches (28.6 × 18.7 cm); Sheet (B (Right page on mount)): 11 3/8 × 7 3/8 inches (28.9 × 18.7 cm)

Cultures:

Islamic (preferred)

General Subject:

text (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

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

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Double Folio from a Qur'an	........ [VP]
	........ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-)
Chapter 5, "The Table" (al-Ma'ida), Verses 72-74	........ [VP]
	........ Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-)

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

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Philadelphia Museum of Art online (2000-) accessed 26 June 2018