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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1958.228
People
Unknown Artist
Title
Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 5: 73 - 77 (recto), Sura 5: 77 - 82 (verso)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Qur'an
Alternate Title: Folio for an Qur’ân: in Kufic Script: Sûrat al-Mâ’ida (The Table Spread) 5:73-77
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
9th-10th century
Places
Creation Place: Africa, North Africa
Culture
Islamic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/201589

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink on parchment
Dimensions
folio: 12.5 x 19.5 cm (4 15/16 x 7 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Goelet
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
1958.228
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 40 Years On... Donations by John Goelet: Sculpture, Paintings and Drawings, Miniatures and Calligraphy, Tankas and Mandala, M. T. Train and Scala Books (New York, NY, 2000), page 201, 245

Exhibition History

  • Islamic Art: Drawings, Calligraphies and Objects, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/29/1983 - 09/25/1983

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