Object Details
- Description
- Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura Sad (Sad) 38: part of 29; verso: part of 29, 30, and part of 31, verso begins with "wa'ayati"; Arabic in black kufic script; gold orbs stacked as pyramid-shaped verse markers; vocalized in red and yellow; one column; 7 lines of text; one of a group of 13 folios.
- Provenance
- To 1930
- Elizabeth T. Riefstahl, to 1930 [1]
- From 1930
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Elizabeth T. Riefstahl in 1930 [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
- Previous custodian or owner
- Elizabeth Titzel Riefstahl (1889-1986)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 8th-9th century
- Period
- Abbasid period
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Medium
- Ink, color, and gold on parchment
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 23.7 x 33.7 cm (9 5/16 x 13 1/4 in)
- Type
- Manuscript
