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

Object Details

• 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 1932

  Arthur Upham Pope, New York to 1932 [1]

  From 1932

  Freer 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

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

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

• Name

  Pope, Arthur Upham

• Place

  North Africa, Near East

• Topic

  Art, Parchment, Writing, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an, Sura 34

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids

• Language

  Arabic language

• Object Type

  Manuscripts