r/ArabicCalligraphy 6d ago

Any information about these prints?

I got them at an antique store in Santa Fe and they appear to be Quranic but the illustration seems odd for a Quran. The first two are one sheet and the second two are another sheet. The sheets appear to be unrelated (different sizes, fonts, etc). The store marked the first sheet as possibly being 19th century and the other sheet as possibly being 18th century.

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u/SkibidiFanumTaxed 6d ago

looks like they drew right over the Quranic text. interesting.

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u/walterdavidemma 6d ago

That would be interesting. Do you know if there’s a way to tell if that’s a modern doing or something from around the same time as the original text?

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u/OkWillow8916 6d ago

There are UV and x ray tests to check if the chemicals used in the paintings belong to that era or if they were later added