1972.36: Opening folio of a Qur'an: Invocation to God (recto), Sura 1, Fatiha (verso)
Manuscripts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1972.36
- Title
- Opening folio of a Qur'an: Invocation to God (recto), Sura 1, Fatiha (verso)
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Qur'an
- Classification
- Manuscripts
- Work Type
- manuscript folio
- Date
- 1600-1610
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
- Period
- Safavid period
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216113
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Ink; gold; lapis lazuli and opaque watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- folio: 33 x 22 cm (13 x 8 11/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Museum Collection
- Accession Year
- 1972
- Object Number
- 1972.36
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Anthony Welch, Shah 'Abbas and the Arts of Isfahan, exh. cat., Asia Society Museum (New York, NY, 1973), page 36/figure 18
- International Association of Sufism (IAS), Sufism, vol. III, no. 1, 1991, p. 22, ill.
Exhibition History
- Islamic Art From the Collections of the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/1974
- Islamic Art and the Written Word, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/05/1983 - 11/27/1983
Verification Level
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