Book of prayers
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Period
18th-19th century -
Geography
Turkey -
Material
Ink, color and gold on paper -
Dimension
H x W: 13 x 9.3 cm (5 1/8 x 3 11/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1906.303 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1906.303
Object Details
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Description
Manuscript; selection of suras from the Qur'an followed by prayers; text: Arabic in black naskh script; vocalized in black; 128 folios with 2 sarlawhs (fols. 1 verso-2 recto), 10 illuminated pages (fols.123-127), illuminated headings, and gold verse markers; standard page: one column, 9 lines of text.Binding: The manuscript is bound in red leather over paper pasteboards with gold tooling on the exterior covers. -
Provenance
To 1906Dr. F.W. Mann, to 1906 [1]From 1906 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Dr. F.W. Mann, at Luxor, Egypt, in 1906 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record, this object was a gift to C.L Freer from Dr. F.W. Mann, on December 25, 1906, at Luxor, Egypt. In the inventory lists it was included in a lot of ten unidentified books, from the Freer house library, recorded in the Reserved Book List, R. 6013 (see Curatorial Remark 1, G.D.G., 1935, in the object record, as well as F1906.302, Curatorial Remark 1, G.D.G., 1935, in the object record). See further, Reserved Book List, R. 6013.4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Dr. Frederick Wharton Mann (born 1854) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Turkey -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Manuscript -
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