Qur'an Manuscript Folio
Unknown
Drawing · ink, gold, and colors on paper
Qur'an Manuscript Folio, 1300s. Egypt, Mamluk sultanate (1250–1517). Ink, gold, and colors on paper; sheet: 41.2 x 32.4 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1933.480
Descent of Qur'an Manuscript Folio
Annotations from the network
Footnote-style observations from other contributors, folded into the layer's margins. Visible, but quiet.
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Note how the Prussian blue sits in the wave's trough versus its crest — later Hokusai impressions stabilize this gradient, but early pulls like this one still feel like the pigment is being tested against the page.
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The cover of Debussy's 1905 Durand edition of La Mer reproduces this print at the composer's request. A cross-medium lineage worth branching into its own layer.
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Cross-impression XRF of this series (see descendant analysis) supports distinct pulls over the run — not a single uniform batch, but a recarved block drifting as it wore.