Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"

Unknown artist

Date: late 8th–early 9th century

Medium: Ink on parchment

Dimensions: H. 21 5/8 in. (55 cm) W. 27 9/16 in. (70 cm)

Classification: Codices

Country: Syria or North Africa

Themes: Arabic, Qur'an

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2004

Met highlight

Date range

775 – 825

Largest dimension

70.0 cm

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