Folio from a Qur'an, sura 33:26-30

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al- Ahzab (the Combined forces) 33: part of verse 26, verses 27-29, and a few phrases of 30, recto begins with "wa qadhafa", one column, 7 lines of text; verso: sura 33: 30, verso begins with "minkunna", an inscribed shamsa in gold and blue set within four small roundels, one column, 2 lines of text; Arabic in black and gold muhaqqaq script; illuminated rosette verse markers; roundels, marginal medallions; vocalized in black and gold with red letters for recitation and reading; one of a group of 3 folios.

  Border: The text is set in gold and black rulings on cream-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1932

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York. [1]

  From 1932

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• 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

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Possibly Iran

• 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

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Sura 33, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Mongol period (1220 - 1380), Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Muhaqqaq script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts