Details
| Artist | Islamic, Iraqi |
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| Title |
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| Date | 9th century |
| Medium | Ink, colors and gold on parchment |
| Dimensions | Overall: 7 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (19.1 × 28.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Robert Hamilton Fund |
| Accession Number | 1984.44.A |
| Department | Islamic Art |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | Inscribed: translation: [(Sura 6), Part of verse 58... | Not with me is that which you seek to hasten/; the judgment is God's alone. He relates the truth, and He is the Best of deciders | Verse 59 Say: ^If what you seek to hasten were with me, the matter between you and me would be decided; and God knows very well the evil doers. Verse 60, Part of: With him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them but He. He knows what is in land and sea; not a leaf falls, | but He knows it!] |
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Provenance
(Said Motamed, Frankfurt, Germany);
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1984-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA 62, no. 2 (1985): p. 30 (fig. 22).
