Folio from a Qur'an, 2:1-25

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al- Baqara (the Cow) 2: 1-4, recto begins with "bismillah" one column, 5 lines of text; verso: sura 2: 4-24 and part of 25, verso begins with "yawqinuwna", one column,15 lines of text; Arabic in black nasta'liq script; illuminated heading in white kufic script; illuminated rosette verse markers; marginal medallions; vocalized in black, indications for recitation in red; one of a group of 3 folios.

  Border: The recto is set in blue rulings on cream-colored paper; the verso is set in gold, black, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper.

• 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

  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

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Kufic script, Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an, Sura 2

• Culture

  Muslims

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts