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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.226
Title
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 56: end 79 - end 96 and Sura 57: 1 - mid 3 (recto), Sura 57: mid 3 - mid 10 (verso)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Qur'an
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
13th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East
Culture
Islamic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216438

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
Dimensions
folio: 43 x 31 cm (16 15/16 x 12 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. Eric Schroeder
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.226
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Wellesley College and Louise Marlow, Muhammad and the Koran: All Muslims consider the Koran to be God's own word, Wellesley (Wellesley, 1991), Spring 1991, pp. 15

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art: Drawings, Calligraphies and Objects, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/29/1983 - 09/25/1983
  • Islamic Art and the Written Word, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/05/1983 - 11/27/1983
  • Line and Space: Calligraphies from Medieval Islam, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/02/1984 - 05/28/1984

Verification Level

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