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English: A 19th-century Qur'an written in the barnavi script of Bornu, common in Nigeria and Chad.
Date 19th century
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; embossed leather cover
institution QS:P195,Q160236
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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
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