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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1984.413
Title
Partial Manuscript of the Qur'an
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: Africa, Sudan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213738

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and color on paper, with leather binding and travelling case
Dimensions
15 x 10 cm (5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: A partial study of watermarks was started. Some of these are imaged on VSC - Video Spectal Comparator in paper lab. (UR means upper right, etc.)

    Folio 2: crown partial UR

    3: crescent UR

    4. Same (but bigger) UR

    5: crown partial UR

    11: Moon with star on top

    13: Moon with star on top

    21: partial moon URC

    28: Crooked wire, WM at UR. Needs a beta

    29 Two partial moons

    32: Moon UR

    40: partial moon URC

    42: partial moon URC

    43: two partial moons

    46: moon

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1984
Object Number
1984.413
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, 09/07/2024 - 01/05/2025; McMullen Museum of Art, 02/09/2025 - 06/01/2025

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