Details
| Artist | Islamic, Iraqi |
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| Date | 9th Century |
| Medium | Ink, colors and gold on parchment |
| Dimensions | 7 1/2 x 11 3/8 in. (19.1 x 28.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Robert Hamilton Fund |
| Accession Number | 1984.44.B |
| Department | Islamic Art |
| Not On View |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Inscriptions | 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
DIA BULLETIN, vol 62, no 2, 1985, p 30 fig 22.
