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Mohammad Hesam Heravi: Qur'an manuscript by Shams al-Baysunghuri (TIEM 294)  wikidata:Q107829570 reasonator:Q107829570
Artist
Mohammad Hesam Heravi  (–1446) wikidata:Q5711280
 
Alternative names
Shams al-Baysunghuri; Shams al-Din Muhammad al-Harawi; Muhammad ibn Husam
Description calligrapher
Date of birth/death 1446 Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
Qur'an manuscript by Shams al-Baysunghuri (TIEM 294)
label QS:Len,"Qur'an manuscript by Shams al-Baysunghuri (TIEM 294)"
Object type illuminated manuscript / calligraphic work Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Frontispiece of the Qur'an from Timurid Herat. Herat, 1434. Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts 294
Language Arabic Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1434 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium ink, paper, gold and watercolor paint Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 353 mm (13.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 250 mm (9.8 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+353U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+250U174789
institution QS:P195,Q525939
Accession number
294 (Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Herat Edit this at Wikidata
References https://asia.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/how-to-look-at-a-quran.pdf (English) Edit this at Wikidata

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