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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.498.1
Title
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 16: begin 81 - end 82 (recto), Sura 16: 83 - mid 85 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Qur'an
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
14th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Syria or Egypt
Period
Mamluk period
Culture
Arab
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216371

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 25.4 x 18.4 cm (10 x 7 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.498.1
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art: Drawings, Calligraphies and Objects, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/29/1983 - 09/25/1983
  • Line and Space: Calligraphies from Medieval Islam, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/02/1984 - 05/28/1984
  • Calligraphy and the Arts of the Book, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/25/1993 - 01/30/1994

Verification Level

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