Antique Persian Arab Islamic Silver Engraved Calligraphy Quran Case Amulet 1820 Paintings Boston College Museum of Art

Boston College Museum of Art

Each door enclosing interior shelving to receive charters or manuscripts

publishing a short poem in Pamela Colman Smith’s short-lived periodical The Green Sheaf

Nordenberg received a travel grant from the Swedish state

Each guard stands crossed legged on a plinth decorated with an elephant

Antique Persian Arab Islamic Silver Engraved Calligraphy Quran Case Amulet 1820 Paintings Boston College Museum of ArtA good antique early 19th century Persian silver engraved Holy Qur'an case amulet, circa 1820. This type of Qur'an case is known in Persian as a Bazuband, these cases were worn on the upper arm as an amulet & would contain miniature Qur'ans, or verses from the Qur'an, they were worn as a protective talisman. This case is of octagonal form and has a hinged lid which is engraved with stylized calligraphy, the sides of the case are engraved with floral