Section from a Qur'an Manuscript. Dimensions: 8 3/16 x 5 11/16 in. (20.8 x 14.5 cm). Date: dated A.H. 588/ A.D. 1192-93.Often Qur'ans were divided into thirty sections, each called juz'. This manuscript represents portions of the twenty-ninth juz' of such a set. A colophon survives on another section, providing the date. The text blocks on its pages consist of only five lines of muhaqqaq script, providing a sense of monumentality. Gold kufic script within illuminated frames and margin medallions distinguish the chapter headings, and gold illuminated disks mark the verses. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.