Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 38:80-86

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura Sad (Sad) 38:80-83, recto begins with "fa'innaka min"; verso: sura 38:84-86; Arabic in black kufic script; gold orbs stacked as pyramid-shaped verse markers; additional inscribed gold roundel verse marker; vocalized in red, green, 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

• Exhibition History

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

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

  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)

• 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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• Date

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

• Name

  Riefstahl, Elizabeth Titzel

• Place

  North Africa, Near East

• Topic

  Kufic script, West Asia, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an, Sura 38

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids

• Object Type

  Manuscripts