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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.272
Title
Illustrated Manuscript of the Book of Prophets
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
1580-1589
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215709

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Paintings and text; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with marbled end papers
Dimensions
20 x 12.6 x 1 cm (7 7/8 x 4 15/16 x 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Hagop Kevorkian Foundation. [Sotheby's, London, 27 April 1982, lot 293], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1982, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.272
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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