Folio from a Qur'an, sura 5:13-15
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Period
13th century -
Geography
Southern Spain or North Africa -
Material
Ink, color, and gold on parchment -
Dimension
H x W: 16.6 x 15.6 cm (6 9/16 x 6 1/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1929.68 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1929.68
Object Details
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Description
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Ma'ida (the Table spread) 5: part of 13 and 14, recto begins with "tattali'u"; verso: sura 5:14 and part of 15, verso begins with "faghrayna"; Arabic in brown maghribi script ; gold-knot verse markers; gold tear-drop leaf ornament verse marker; vocalized in green and yellow, diacritics in brown, tashdid and sukun in blue; one column; 7 lines of text; one of a group of 2 folios. -
Provenance
To 1929Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1929 [1]From 1929Freer 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 Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)Near Eastern Art--Calligraphy (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972) -
Previous custodian or owner
Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944) -
Origin
Southern Spain or North Africa -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Manuscript -
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