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Juz’ Amma, 30th section

of the Holy Quran

Syria, Damascus (?), 1250-1300
47 × 62 cm, ink, colour and gold on paper, leather binding

Highlights of the Collection Most likely commissioned by a Mamluk dignitary

from Cairo or Damascus, this large-format manuscript
contains the last part, or juz, of a Quran in several
Louvre Abu Dhabi volumes. The Basmala (“In the name of God, the Most
Gracious, the Most Merciful”) which introduces each
surah is written in calligraphic letters of gold, in an
elegant cursive muhaqqaq style.

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