File:Khalili Collection Islamic Art mss 0979 fol 26b.jpg

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The building of Noah’s ark  wikidata:Q113016571 reasonator:Q113016571
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Title
The building of Noah’s ark
label QS:Len,"The building of Noah’s ark"
Part of Falnamah ('Book of Divination') Edit this at Wikidata
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The building of Noah’s ark ‘The picture of His Holiness Noah – peace be upon him – building the ark, and people preparing for it, bringing wood, carving planks, and that Holiness observing them’. This Falnamah ('Book of Divination') is one of the few complete — or near complete — copies of the work to have survived. It consists of a series of 35 double-page openings, each with a large min ... See full description on web site.
Depicted people Noah Edit this at Wikidata
Date circa 1610-30
Medium
English: ink, opaque watercolour, gold and silver on paper; 19th-century Indian binding of green leather with gold-tooled frames in a European manner
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
Accession number
Place of creation India, the Deccan, probably Golconda
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-falnamah-mss979/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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Description Falnamah ('Book of Divination')
Source Khalili Collections
Author Khalili Collections

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The building of Noah's ark, from a Falnamah

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