Binding from Qur'an

Description This binding from Walters manuscript W.562 is not contemporary with the text block. It probably dates to the 11th century AH/AD 17th and is composed of black goatskin (with a flap). The binding has a central blind-tooled lobed oval with a floral motif and pastedowns of marbled paper.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters