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Material Objects Archive
Objects, images, and a proliferation of materialities engage bodies and minds, events and ideas, in ways both profound and subtle. Material objects, especially as they are activated in religious practices broadly conceived, are situated at the heart of MAVCOR. This Material Objects Archive offers an ever-expanding online gallery of such objects. We invite you to use it as a tool for thinking and teaching, researching and writing—and we welcome your suggestions and contributions to this collaborative enterprise.
In 2017, MAVCOR initiated the MAVCOR Digital Spaces Project, documenting sacred spaces via 360º panorama (360s) and high resolution giga-pixel (Zooms) photography. You can view all Digital Spaces Project 360s and Zooms here, or you can check the appropriate box in the Material Objects Archive search to view affiliated material objects.
Material Objects
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Date:2015 CEMedium:paperTradition:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)Place of Origin:UtahRepository:Church History Museum, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsKeywords:Code, Polygamy, Mormonism, Marriage, Women, Protest, Symbols
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Ogden Women's Anti-Polygamy Quilt
Date:1882 CEMedium:cloth, thread, quilting, embroideringTradition:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)Place of Origin:OgdenKeywords:Quilt, Polygamy, Women, Textiles, Mormonism, Marriage -
Eve Hearing the Voice
Ezekiel, Moses JacobDate:1876; 1904 CEMedium:bronze, sculptingTradition:JewishRepository:Cincinnati Art MuseumSubject:EveKeywords:Eve, Sculpture, Female Nude, Nude -
Eve Disconsolate
Powers, HiramDate:1858-1860; 1872-1877 CEMedium:marble, sculptingTradition:Christian, JewishRepository:Cincinnati Art MuseumSubject:EveKeywords:Eve, Sculpture, Female Nude, Nude -
Al-Abhari's commentary on the Major Compendium
Date:10th century CEMedium:parchment, inkTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:KairouanRepository:National Laboratory for the Preservation and Conservation of Parchment and Manuscripts, Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia (NLPCPM)Keywords:Islam, Text, Paper, Fragments, Kairouan, Manuscript -
Folio from the "Blue Qur'an"
Date:mid 9th-mid 10th century CEMedium:gold, silver, indigo, parchment, writingTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:TunisiaRepository:The Metropolitan Museum of ArtKeywords:Qur'an, Text, Islam, Paper, Manuscript -
Maqsura of Kairouan
Date:1016-1062 CEMedium:wood, cuttingTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:KairouanKeywords:Maqsura, Screen, Mosque, Kairouan, Islam -
Bifolium from the "Nurse's Qur'an" (Mushaf al-Hadina)
Date:1019-1020 CEMedium:ink, watercolor, gold, parchment, watercolor paintingTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:KairouanRepository:The Metropolitan Museum of ArtKeywords:Islam, Text, Qur'an, Paper, Kairouan, Manuscript -
Fragment of Ibn Abd al-Hakam's Minor Compendium, Kairouan
Date:late 10th or early 11th centuries CEMedium:parchment, inkTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:KairouanRepository:National Laboratory for the Preservation and Conservation of Parchment and Manuscripts, Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia (NLPCPM)Keywords:Islam, Text, Paper, Fragments, Kairouan, Manuscript -
Box of parchment fragments, Kairouan
Medium:parchment, ink, archivingTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:KairouanRepository:National Laboratory for the Preservation and Conservation of Parchment and Manuscripts, Raqqada, Kairouan, Tunisia (NLPCPM)Keywords:Islam, Text, Paper, Fragments, Kairouan, Manuscript -
Ayat Al Kursi Round
Date:2010s CEMedium:stainless steelTradition:IslamicPlace of Origin:SkokieKeywords:Islam, Text, Modern Muslim, Modernity, Islamic Wall Art, Decorative Art, Qur'an, Throne Verse