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Medium8 works

Collection Summary

Works Held8
Date Range10 AD – 2038
Primary DepartmentIslamic Art (1,195)
Most Common FormCodices (1,171)
Cultures Represented10
Countries12
Public Domain1,455 works (79%)

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
1,195
Asian Art
566
Drawings and Prints
54
Modern and Contemporary Art
28
Medieval Art
4
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
1
Egyptian Art
1

Forms & Classifications

Codices
1,171
Paintings
572
Drawings
84
Works on Paper
8
Manuscripts and Illuminations
4
Lacquer
2
Albums|Prints
1
Codices|(not assigned)
1
Manuscripts
1
Miscellaneous
1

Cultures Represented

Historical Periods

Pala period · 65Early Rajput -Chaurapanchasika style · 1Early Rajput-Chaurapanchasika style · 1Modern · 1Mughal dynasty · 1Sultanate period · 1

Geographic Distribution

India
407
Iran
401
Egypt or Syria
105
present-day Afghanistan
62
Turkey
32
present-day Uzbekistan
20
Iraq
17
Egypt
16
present-day Pakistan
12
Northwestern Iran or Baghdad
10

Cities Represented

Tabriz · 83Herat · 65probably Isfahan · 52Shiraz · 44Bijapur · 39Isfahan · 30Golconda · 14Bukhara · 12Qazvin · 11probably Lahore · 10

Works Index

TitleClassificationDateOrigin
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodiceslate 8th–early 9th century
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodices9th–early 10th century
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodices9th century
Illustrated Single WorkCodices9th–10th centuryEgypt
Section from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodices9th–early 10th centuryEgypt or Iraq
Bifolium from a Qur'anCodiceslate 9th–10th century
Qur'an ManuscriptCodiceslate 9th–early 10th centurySyria or Iraq
"Rooster", Folio from a Dispersed ManuscriptCodices10th–11th centuryEgypt
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodices10th–11th century
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodicessecond half 10th century
Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)Codicesca. A.H. 410/ A.D. 1019–20Tunisia
"Animals (Deer?) Feeding Under Trees", Folio Fragment from…Codices11th–12th centuryEgypt
"Hare", Folio from the Mantiq al-wahsh (Speech of the Wild…Codices11th–12th centuryEgypt
"Rows of Animals Alternating with Cut-off Heads", Folio…Codices11th–12th centuryEgypt
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodices11th–12th centuryprobably Egypt
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodices11th–12th centuryEgypt
Folio from a Qur'an Manuscript in Floriated ScriptCodices11th centuryIran or Central Asia
Folios from a Qur'an Manuscript in Floriated "New Style"…Codices11th centuryIran or Central Asia
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodicesdated A.H. 485/A.D. 1092Iran or Afghanistan
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodicesdated A.H. 485/A.D. 1092Iran or Afghanistan
Folio from a Qur'an ManuscriptCodiceslate 11th–12th century
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh
FolioPaintingsca. 1090India (Bengal) or Bangladesh

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access