Attributed to Mohammed Saleh Taom Zadeh (fl. early 19th century)
Miniature leaf-shaped Qur’an
1248 AH (1832/1833 CE)
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Spencer Collection
Miniature leaf-shaped Qur’an
The creation of miniature Qur’ans in manuscript has a long tradition, with some assuming unusual shapes like hexagons and octagons. This early 19th-century example, which the Library recently acquired, was produced in Turkey and takes the form of a leaf with serrated edges, an allusion to the sacred Tuba tree. Not mentioned in the Qur’an, the tree is generally believed to grow in Janna, the Islamic conception of Paradise. This entire Qur’an is written on dark green paper in silver ink, and in sloping double columns that suggest the veins of a leaf.
: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, Spencer …
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