Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 48:27-29

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Fath (Victory) 48: part of 27, 28, recto begins with "dun dhalika"; verso: 28 and part of 29, verso begins with "al-dhayn kullihi"; Arabic in black kufic script; gold orbs stacked as pyramid-shaped verse markers; vocalized in red, yellow, and green; 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

• Exhibition History

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  Islamic Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)

  Near Eastern Art--Calligraphy (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Elizabeth Titzel Riefstahl (1889-1986)

• Origin

  North Africa or Near East

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 800s, 700s, 1100s, 1200s, 1000s

• Name

  Riefstahl, Elizabeth Titzel

• Place

  North Africa, Near East

• Topic

  West Asia, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an, Sura 48

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids

• Object Type

  Manuscripts