1927.161.1: Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 72: 4 - 7 (recto), Sura: 72: 7 - 10 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1927.161.1

Title

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 72: 4 - 7 (recto), Sura: 72: 7 - 10 (verso), right-hand side of a bifolio

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

9th-10th century

Places

Creation Place: Middle East

Culture

Islamic

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/216643

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, color and gold on parchment

Dimensions

12.2 x 9.3 cm (4 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1927

Object Number

1927.161.1

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 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

Related Works

• 1927.161.2

  Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 73: end 20 and Sura 74: 1 - begin 6 (recto), Sura: 74: end 6 - mid 14 (verso), left-hand side of a bifolio

  Manuscripts

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