Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Shams (the Sun) 91:14,15, recto begins with "fa'aqaru"; verso: Sura al-Layl (the Night) 92:1-5, verso begins with "bismillah"; Arabic in black "eastern kufic (New Style)" script; illuminated roundel verse markers with letters indicating types of recitation; marginal medallions, illuminated palmette marginal medallion containing the word "khamsa" (five) indicating the end of a fifth verse; illuminated square-shaped marginal medallion containing the word "makkiyya"; illuminated rectangular title heading, vocalized in red, diacritics in gold, tashdid and sukun in blue; one column; 5 lines of text.
- Provenance
- To 1929
- Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1]
- From 1929
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1929 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
- [2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
- Islamic Calligraphy (May 14, 1981 to June 24, 1982)
- Near Eastern Art--Calligraphy (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
- Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)
- Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)
- Untitled Exhibition, South Asian and Persian Art (March 24, 1930 to March 14, 1931)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 11th century
- Period
- Abbasid period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Ink, color and gold on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22.8 x 18.2 cm (9 x 7 3/16 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
