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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1972.36
Title
Opening folio of a Qur'an: Invocation to God (recto), Sura 1, Fatiha (verso)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Qur'an
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
1600-1610
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Period
Safavid period
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216113

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink; gold; lapis lazuli and opaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions
folio: 33 x 22 cm (13 x 8 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Museum Collection
Accession Year
1972
Object Number
1972.36
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anthony Welch, Shah 'Abbas and the Arts of Isfahan, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1973), page 36/figure 18
  • International Association of Sufism (IAS), Sufism, vol. III, no. 1, 1991, p. 22, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
  • Islamic Art and the Written Word, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/05/1983 - 11/27/1983

Verification Level

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