1984.545: Bookbinding for a Qur'an
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1984.545
- Title
- Bookbinding for a Qur'an
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript cover
- Date
- 16th-17th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
- Period
- Safavid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/213741
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lacquer with gold
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 64 cm (14 x 25 3/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Philip Hofer
- Accession Year
- 1984
- Object Number
- 1984.545
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- The Continuous Stroke of a Breath: Calligraphy from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/2003 - 07/18/2004
- Traces of the Calligrapher: Islamic Calligraphy in Practice, c. 1600–1900, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 11/03/2007 - 02/03/2008; Asia Society Museum, New York, 10/07/2008 - 02/08/2009; Michael C. Carlos Museum of Art, Atlanta, 08/28/2010 - 12/05/2010
Verification Level
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