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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.197
Title
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 49: mid 15 - begin 16 (recto), Sura 49: 16 (verso)
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
9th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iraq
Period
Abbasid period
Culture
Arab
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/193807

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink and gold on parchment
Dimensions
folio: 18.2 x 25.9 cm (7 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift in memory of Rudolph Meyer Riefstahl (1880-1936)
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.197
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stephan Wolohojian and Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Harvard Art Museum/ Handbook, ed. Stephan Wolohojian, Harvard Art Museum (Cambridge, 2008), p. 38

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
  • Birds, Beasts and Calligraphies, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/11/1981 - 09/29/1981
  • Islamic Art: Drawings, Calligraphies and Objects, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/29/1983 - 09/25/1983
  • The Continuous Stroke of a Breath: Calligraphy from the Islamic World, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 12/20/2003 - 07/18/2004
  • Writing the Word of God: Calligraphy and the Qur’an , Asia Society Museum, New York, 10/07/2008 - 02/08/2009
  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/14/2015 - 11/03/2015
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/10/2016 - 02/22/2016

Subjects and Contexts

  • Collection Highlights
  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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