Page from the Koran
date: label: Date made
content: 1207 AD
name: label: previous owner
content: Slotkin, Stanley S.
notes: label: Description
content: This page is one side of a double-sided sheet from a copy of the Koran, a collection of revelations to the Prophet Mohammed that forms the basis of the Islamic religion. Information within the book indicates that the scribe worked on it for 22 years and completed it in 1207 A.D. The black letters are in Arabic and the smaller red letters are in Persian. The book was found in Tehran, Iran, in 1952, and this sheet was donated to the Smithsonian Institution from the Biblical Library of Stanley S. Slotkin.
label: Description
content: In the Islamic tradition, representations of human or animal figures are discouraged, resulting in a fluid calligraphic style often incorporating geometric and floral designs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place were the book was found
content: Iran: Tehrān, Tehran
topic: label: Subject
content: Islam
label: Subject
content: Early American History
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Religion
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0253.59
label: accession number
content: 1981.0253
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0253.59
label: catalog number
content: 81.0253.59
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manuscript page
label: Object Name
content: sheet (paper)
label: Object Name
content: manuscript
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold leaf (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.5 cm x 17.5 cm; 11 5/8 in x 6 7/8 in