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Medium156 worksCollection Summary
| Works Held | 156 |
| Date Range | 10 AD – 2009 |
| Primary Department | Islamic Art (1,133) |
| Most Common Form | Codices (1,117) |
| Cultures Represented | 10 |
| Countries | 12 |
| Public Domain | 1,375 works (83%) |
Works by Century
8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
15th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
Departments
Islamic Art
1,133
Asian Art
527
Medieval Art
4
Modern and Contemporary Art
2
Forms & Classifications
Codices
1,117
Paintings
529
Works on Paper
6
Manuscripts and Illuminations
4
Drawings
3
Lacquer
2
Codices|(not assigned)
1
Manuscripts
1
Miscellaneous
1
Paintings-Fresco
1
Cultures Represented
India (Gujarat) · 200India (Bengal) or Bangladesh · 59Tibet · 29India (Rajasthan, Mewar) · 24India (Rajasthan, Bikaner) · 18India (Madhya Pradesh, Malwa) · 17India · 10India (Rajasthan, Marwar) · 8Western India, Rajasthan, Udaipur · 6India (Punjab Hills, Guler) · 6
Historical Periods
Pala period · 65Early Rajput -Chaurapanchasika style · 1Early Rajput-Chaurapanchasika style · 1Mughal dynasty · 1Sultanate period · 1
Geographic Distribution
India
395
Iran
366
Egypt or Syria
105
present-day Afghanistan
59
Turkey
29
present-day Uzbekistan
20
Egypt
16
Iraq
16
present-day Pakistan
11
Northwestern Iran or Baghdad
10
Cities Represented
Tabriz · 81Herat · 62probably Isfahan · 52Shiraz · 43Bijapur · 39Isfahan · 29Golconda · 14Bukhara · 12probably Lahore · 9Qazvin · 8
Works Index
| Title | Classification | Date | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | late 8th–early 9th century | |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | 9th–early 10th century | |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | 9th century | |
| Illustrated Single Work | Codices | 9th–10th century | Egypt |
| Section from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | 9th–early 10th century | Egypt or Iraq |
| Bifolium from a Qur'an | Codices | late 9th–10th century | |
| Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | late 9th–early 10th century | Syria or Iraq |
| "Rooster", Folio from a Dispersed Manuscript | Codices | 10th–11th century | Egypt |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | second half 10th century | |
| Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina) | Codices | ca. A.H. 410/ A.D. 1019–20 | Tunisia |
| "Animals (Deer?) Feeding Under Trees", Folio Fragment from… | Codices | 11th–12th century | Egypt |
| "Hare", Folio from the Mantiq al-wahsh (Speech of the Wild… | Codices | 11th–12th century | Egypt |
| "Rows of Animals Alternating with Cut-off Heads", Folio… | Codices | 11th–12th century | Egypt |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | 11th–12th century | probably Egypt |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | 11th–12th century | Egypt |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript in Floriated Script | Codices | 11th century | Iran or Central Asia |
| Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript in Floriated "New Style"… | Codices | 11th century | Iran or Central Asia |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | dated A.H. 485/A.D. 1092 | Iran or Afghanistan |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | dated A.H. 485/A.D. 1092 | Iran or Afghanistan |
| Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript | Codices | late 11th–12th century | |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
| Folio | Paintings | ca. 1090 | India (Bengal) or Bangladesh |
Related materials
Earthenware2,395 worksGlass2,271 worksWood1,934 worksPottery1,727 worksStucco1,641 worksBronze1,603 workslinen1,599 worksWool1,509 works
Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access