Folio from a selection of the Qur'an, sura 29:46

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: blank; verso: Sura al-Ankabut ( the Spider) 29:46; one column, 3 lines of text with two lines in illuminated title- bands, Arabic in black muhaqqaq script with white headings in thuluth script; vocalized in black with red letters for recitation; one of a group of 3 folios.

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

• 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. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

  Islamic Manuscript Illumination (January 23, 1984 to December 10, 1984)

  Art of the Near East (August 21, 1977 to December 14, 1979)

  Near Eastern Art (June 15, 1973 to May 7, 1975)

  2500 Years of Persian Art—Calligraphy (February 10, 1972 to June 15, 1973)

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

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

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• On View

  Freer Gallery 03: Engaging the Senses

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1300s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Sura 29, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts

• On View

  Yes