ManuscriptsOttoman20th century
Manuscript of the Qur'an
1916
Dimensions
27.78 x 19.69 x 4.5 cm (10 7/8 x 7 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance
[Sotheby's, London, 23 November 1976, lot 350], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1976, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.
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