Folio from a Qur'an, sura 56:75-77

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; right-hand half of a double-page frontispiece now separate from its facing folio (F1948.9), Arabic in white kufic script on a blue and gold floral ground, Sura al- Waqi'a (the Event) 56: 75-77; one of a set of 3 folios.

  Border: The text is set in an illuminated border of gold and lapis.

• Inscriptions

  This frontispiece marks the beginning of the 3rd section of sura 56.

• Provenance

  To 1932

  Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1932 [1]

  From 1932

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1932 [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

  The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (October 22, 2016 to February 20, 2017)

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

  From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

  Art of the Mamluks (May 14, 1981 to May 25, 1982)

  Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)

  Near Eastern Art (January 1, 1963 to August 18, 1967)

  Islamic Art, Gallery 6A (July 22, 1958 to June 5, 1964)

  Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1500s, 1300s

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Kufic script, Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an, Sura 56

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Manuscripts