Main Title: Qur'an, Qajar (dispersed, Sackler, S1986.87.1-2)
Image Title: Right-hand half: 1:1-7; left-hand half: sura 2:1-4 (full view) 22350002

Title:

Main Title: Qur'an, Qajar (dispersed, Sackler, S1986.87.1-2)
Image Title: Right-hand half: 1:1-7; left-hand half: sura 2:1-4 (full view) 22350002

Date:

1791
1792
1791-1792

Description:

Two detached folios of a dispersed manuscript

Culture: Persian, Islamic

Materials/Techniques: ink, gold, opaque watercolor, paper

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Holding institution:

Fine Arts Library, Harvard University

Data provider:

Harvard University Library

Extent:

right: 35.8 x 21.5 cm; left: 35.8 x 22.9 cm

Subject:

Islamic art
Korans
Qurans
illuminations
borders (ornamental areas)
religion
Islam
frontispieces (illustrations)

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Provenance:

Vever Collection, Paris, France (Former repository)

Alternative title:

Koran

Rights:

(CC BY-NC-SA) Attribution: Harvard Fine Arts Library, Special Collections SCW2016.07911

Identifier:

8001552172_URN-3:FHCL:34886924

Is part of:

Stuart Cary Welch Islamic and South Asian Photographic Collection

Type:

still image
illuminated manuscript
Korans

Type (Broader):

Image

Type (Narrower):

Manuscript Illuminations

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