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Quran
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Quran

Date1869 (Islamic calendar 1286)
Maker Turkish
Object number2022.40.1
ProvenancePurchased by Dorothy Wendler, Seattle, Washington, in Ankara, Turkey, between 1955-57; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2022
Credit LineGift of Dorothy E. Wendler
Dimensions5 6/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (14.6 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm)
MediumArabic manuscript on paper
Photo: Scott Leen
Folio from the dispersed "Blue Qur'an"
North African
9th century
Object number: 69.37
Photo: Paul Macapia
Qur'an page
Islamic
late 8th century
Object number: 47.100
Transcription of Wen Zhengming's poem "Sunset on the Jin and Jiao Mountains"
Transcription of Wen Zhengming's poem "Sunset on the Jin and Jiao Mountains"
Zhang Chonghe
2003
Object number: SC2003.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Traces of the Artist’s Past
Wu Mei
1939–1947
Object number: 2010.34.2
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Traces of the Artist’s Past, vol. 3
Zhang Zihong
1966–1991
Object number: 2010.34.4
Double calligraphy page and illumination
Double calligraphy page and illumination
Central Asia
mid 16th century
Object number: 38.25
Photo: Paul Macapia
Koran Leaf
Iranian
16th century
Object number: 33.1562
Photo: Paul Macapia
Koran Leaf
Persian
17th century
Object number: 33.1563
Akbarnama battle scene and garden border
Akbarnama battle scene and garden border
Indian
late 16th - early 17th century
Object number: 54.34
First Page of a Book
First Page of a Book
Egyptian
late 15th century
Object number: 44.67
Book illustrating the Ramayana
Book illustrating the Ramayana
Burmese
ca. 1850
Object number: 57.132
Lotus Sutra
Lotus Sutra
Japanese
late 12th century
Object number: 48.171