Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

10/1/1980 - 9/30/1981

Funding Totals

$67,750.00 (approved)
$67,750.00 (awarded)


Islamic Bindings and Bookmaking

FAIN: GM-*1740-80

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL 60637-5418)
John Carswell (Project Director: February 1980 to October 1990)

To support an interpretive exhibition of Islamic medieval bookbinding showing the art and craft of Islamic book production and the importance of the Islamic book, especially the Qur'an, in the culture and life of the Islamic world.