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Qur'an with Decorated Finispiece

The Walters Art Museum

12th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
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Plate 1Qur'an with Decorated Finispiece, Maghreb, 12th century, ink and paint on parchment covered with dark red gold-tooled goatskin, The Walters Art Museum, W.556, fol. 1338.

Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon.

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 238, cat. 151 (supplied scan PDF p. 235)

Image locator Printed p. 239, cat. 151 (supplied scan PDF p. 236)

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Qur'an with Decorated Finispiece, Maghreb, 12th century, ink and paint on parchment covered with dark red gold-tooled goatskin, The Walters Art Museum, W.556, fol. 1338.Plate 1 · Photography, unless otherwise attributed, by Ariel Tabritha and Elena Damon. · Printed p. 238, cat. 151 (supplied scan PDF p. 235) · Image: Printed p. 239, cat. 151 (supplied scan PDF p. 236)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 151: Qur'an with Decorated Finispiece. 12th century; ink and paint on parchment covered with dark red gold-tooled goatskin; Maghreb.

Description supplied by the holding institution or cited catalogue.

Source date
12th century
Date evidence
Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution
The Walters Art Museum
Recorded provenance
Maghreb
Place evidence
Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
Catalogue source
Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Source record
Cat. 151
Source locator
Printed p. 238, cat. 151 (supplied scan PDF p. 235)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).