Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 34:50-54

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Usage Conditions ApplyAt A Glance
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Period
First half of the 10th century -
Geography
North Africa or Near East -
Material
Ink, color, and gold on parchment -
Dimension
H x W: 12.4 x 16 cm (4 7/8 x 6 5/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1932.57 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1932.57
Object Details
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Description
Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura Saba' (Sheba) 34: part of 50-52, recto begins with " 'ila rabbi"; verso: sura 34: 52, 53, and part of 54, verso begins with "lahuma"; Arabic in dark brown "eastern kufic (New Style)" script; illuminated rosette verse markers; marginal verse marker containing the word for khamsun (fifty) indicating the end of a fiftieth verse; vocalized in red and yellow, tashdid in blue, hamza in green; one column; 5 lines of text; one of a group of 3 folios. -
Provenance
To 1932Arthur Upham Pope, New York to 1932 [1]From 1932Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Arthur Upham Pope, 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
Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)Islamic Calligraphy (May 14, 1981 to June 24, 1982)Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947) -
Previous custodian or owner
Arthur Upham Pope (1881-1969) -
Origin
North Africa or Near East -
Credit Line
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment -
Type
Manuscript -
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