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Manuscripts
Leaf from the Qur'an and one leaf from a Persian poem
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- Description
- One illuminated calligraphy leaf from the Qur'an, in Arabic with red interlineations translating the text into Persian (Farsi), with an autograph date of circa 1790 in pencil. One illuminated leaf of a Persian poem: "Poem on Beauty and Love," in Arabic, with gold decoration, dated 1265 A. H. [1847].
- Production date
- Approximately 1790-approximately 1847.
- Call number
- mssHM 64536-64537
- Provenance
- Gift of Martin Ridge, October 2001.
- Dimensions
- 21 cm and 31 cm
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- View in the Library catalog
