Ink on parchment in art: 12 works, most common in Islamic Art

Medium12 works

Collection Summary

3rd century

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

15th century

Islamic Art

Medieval Art

The Cloisters

Codices

Manuscripts and Illuminations

Manuscripts

Papyrus

Byzantine Egypt

Probably Tunisia, Qairawan

Egypt

Egypt or Iraq

probably Egypt

Syria, Byzantine Palestine, Constantinople (?)

Syria, Yemen, or North Africa

Turkey

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Fragment of the Gospel of St. John 2:11-22	Papyrus	4th century	Egyptian
Manuscript Leaf Fragment	Manuscripts and Illuminations	4th–7th century	Byzantine Egypt
Manuscript Leaf Fragment	Manuscripts and Illuminations	4th–7th century	Byzantine Egypt
Manuscript Leaf Fragment	Manuscripts and Illuminations	4th–7th century	Byzantine Egypt
Manuscript Leaves Fragment	Manuscripts and Illuminations	4th–7th century	Byzantine Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	8th–9th century	Egypt or Iraq
Folio from the "Tashkent Qur'an"	Codices	late 8th–early 9th century	Syria, Yemen, or North Africa
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	probably 9th century
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	9th–10th century	probably Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript	Codices	probably 9th century
Page of Calligraphy	Codices	probably 16th–17th century	Turkey
Codex Sinopensis	Manuscripts	550–600	Syria, Byzantine Palestine, Constantinople (?)
Drawing of Job and His Family Represented as Heraclius and…	Manuscripts	5th century (text), ca. 615–629 (drawing)	Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an	Manuscripts and Illuminations	ca. 900-950	Probably Tunisia, Qairawan
Folio from a Qur'an	Manuscripts	ca. 900-950	Probably Tunisia, Qairawan

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access