Page from the Koran http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2568/page-from-the-koran ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Page from the Koran Page from the Koran http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2568/page-from-the-koran 16 16 Page from the Koran http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2568/page-from-the-koran http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2568/page-from-the-koran Paintings, Painting Artist Unknown (Persia (Iran)) 900 900 Asia, Middle East, Persia (Iran) Ink, colors and gold on paper Paintings Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:21:09 -0500 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">Page from the Koran</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Artist+Unknown+%28Persia+%28Iran%29%29">Artist Unknown (Persia (Iran))</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="900">10th century</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, <a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/query/location%3A%22G243%22">G243</a> </td> </tr> </table><br/>horizontal page with 4 lines of Persian Kufic writing in black for the consonants and diacritical marks, red for the vowels, green and blue for reading marks (green for wasla, blue for hamza, tashid, sukun); text starts (on the side which has the New York Exhibition label) with Sura 54, middle of verse 27 and goes towards the end of verse 31; the gold discs with the green center mark the end of a single verse, the large marginal half-disc the end of a fifth verse, and the large round discs in the margin the end of the thirtieth verse http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2568/page-from-the-koran Artist Unknown (Persia (Iran))