1985.275: Illustrated Manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.275
- Title
- Illustrated Manuscript of the Qisas al-Anbiya (Tales of the Prophets) of Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Nayshaburi
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript
- Date
- second half of the 16th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
- Period
- Ottoman period
- Culture
- Ottoman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215795
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 34.5 x 20.7 x 5.5 cm (13 9/16 x 8 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Sotheby's, London, 15 October 1984, lot 317], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1984, 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
- 1985.275
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- John Renard, ed., Tales of God's Friends : Islamic Hagiography in Translation, University of California Press (Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA, 2009), p.138 / Fig.5
Exhibition History
- Enter Ye the Garden: Prayer Rugs of Islam, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/26/1989 - 08/20/1989
- The Best Workmanship, the Finest Materials: Prayer Carpets of the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/03/2002 - 12/15/2002
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