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Islamic Manuscript Case
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Islamic Manuscript Case

Artist/Maker (Nigeria)
Date19th to 20th century
Mediumleather and copper alloy
DimensionsOverall: 19 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (50.2 x 19.7 x 4.4 cm)
Overall (Without Tassel): 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (14 x 19.7 x 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of The May Department Stores Company
Terms
    Object number68.002.004.2
    DescriptionThe Hausa of northern Nigeria are Muslim traders and townspeople. This manuscript is a book of recipes, a collection of single pages of script incorporating various geometric designs. Carried in a leather case and used during a consultation between a cleric and a client, it was a source for a secret hatumere, or design, which would be made into an amulet for use by the client. The calligraphy used here appears to be the script associated with the town of Bornu. Throughout the manuscript are marginalia enhanced with green and yellow ink. Islamic art avoids images and places importance on God’s utterances. Scribes make these words visible and use as their primary aesthetic embellishment the geometry of God’s creation.
    On View
    On view
    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Islamic Manuscript
    Hausa people
    19th to 20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Page from a Shahnama Manuscript
    Artist Unknown
    17th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Page from a Shahnama Manuscript
    Artist Unknown
    17th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1460
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from a Book of Hours
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1460
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Vulcan Being Crowned by Bona Dea
    Edouard Félicien Alexis Pépin
    not dated
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Vertumnus
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 200-250
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Incense Burner
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Paint Pot
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tereoboo, King of Owyhee, Bringing Presents to Captn. Cook
    Alexander Hogg
    1784-1786
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Buddhist Text
    Artist Unknown
    early 19th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Wrist Rest
    Artist Unknown
    late 18th to early 19th century
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