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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.250
Title
Manuscript of the Qur'an
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
1853-1854
Places
Creation Place: Middle East
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215877

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Calligraphy; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with leather binding
Dimensions
19.37 x 12.07 x 2.6 cm (7 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 1 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: signed by the daughter of Muhammad al-Kunilli

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
305 folios
1double-page illuminated frontispiece, ff. 3 verso and 4 recto
Colophon

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
1985.250
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The colophon of this Qur'an contains the date 1270 H (1853-54). The opening chapters are enclosed within elaborate floral ornament that reflects the widespread popularity of European art in the 19th century. The text is written in naskh. Hizb marks are rendered in red ink in the margins.The pastel flowers in the margins with gold letters indicate the juz' and the flowers without numbers indicate the sajda of the Qur'an.

Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 110-111/figure 71

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/26/2017 - 11/08/2017

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