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Qur'an

The Melikian Collection

19th centuryManuscripts & scrollsEthiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
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Plate 1Qur'an, Ethiopia (Harar?), 1844, black and colored inks on paper, The Melikian Collection.

Michael Lundgren

Catalogue entry locator Printed p. 237, cat. 149 (supplied scan PDF p. 234)

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Qur'an, Ethiopia (Harar?), 1844, black and colored inks on paper, The Melikian Collection.Plate 1 · Michael Lundgren · Printed p. 237, cat. 149 (supplied scan PDF p. 234)

What the catalogue identifies

Catalogue no. 149: Qur'an. 1844; black and colored inks on paper; Ethiopia (Harar?).

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Source date
1844
Date evidence
Date supplied by the holding institution or source catalogue.
Holding institution
The Melikian Collection
Recorded provenance
Ethiopia (Harar?)
Place evidence
Place recorded or purchased, as stated by the source. It is not treated as the place of production.
Catalogue source
Ethiopia at the Crossroads (2023)
Source record
Cat. 149
Source locator
Printed p. 237, cat. 149 (supplied scan PDF p. 234)
Source citation
Christine Sciacca, ed., Ethiopia at the Crossroads (Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, in association with Yale University Press, 2023).