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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.152
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 23: 80-92 (recto), Sura 23: 92-104 (verso)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Qur'an
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/193904

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on parchment
Dimensions
folio: 4 x 7.6 cm (1 9/16 x 3 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.152
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Anthony Welch, Calligraphy in the Arts of the Muslim World, University of Tennessee Press (Austin, TX, 1979), page 47/figure 3

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art: Drawings, Calligraphies and Objects, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/29/1983 - 09/25/1983
  • Geometry of the Spirit: Islamic Illumination and Calligraphy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/30/1988 - 06/26/1988
  • 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

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