Miniature Qur'an Mohammadan Bible
CulturePersian
Date15th century
MediumLeather binding on pasteboard, brown tooled in gold
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 × 2 × 3/4 inches (6.99 × 5.08 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number43-44
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Exhibition HistoryPeasants and Nomads of the Arab World, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM, October 1, 1958–February 28, 1959, no cat.
Purchased by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1943 [1].
[1] Acquisition by made by Laurence Sickman while he was stationed overseas during World War II.
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