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Summary

Description

English: A 19th-century Qur'an written in the barnavi script of Bornu, common in Nigeria and Chad.

Date

19^th century

Medium

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; embossed leather cover

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Accession number

2019.176

Object history

place of creation: Nigeria or Chad

Credit line

2019: purchased through Friends of Islamic Arts Gifts

References

Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 823282

Source/Photographer

Met Museum of Art

Permission
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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Islam in Nigeria