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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.262
Title
Manuscript of the Qur'an
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript
Date
1916
Places
Creation Place: Middle East
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Ottoman
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215908

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Calligraphy; ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, with dark red morocco binding
Dimensions
27.78 x 19.69 x 4.5 cm (10 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sotheby's, London, 23 November 1976, lot 350], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1976, 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
1985.262
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd, exh. cat., Portland Art Museum (Portland, OR, 1979), page 144-145/figure 96

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