Folio in a Qur'an, sura 114:4-6

Object Details

• Calligrapher

  Ahmad Sayri

• Description

  Folio within a bound Qur'an; recto: right-hand half of a double-page finispiece; Sura al-Nas (the Mankind), sura 114: part of verse 4-6, recto begins with: -was al-khanas, prayers, colophon, Arabic in black naskh script, vocalized in black, 3 illuminated unwans with Arabic headings in white naskh script, roundel verse markers, marginal medallion containing the word for "ashr"; verso: pious tracts and prayers in praise of the Qur'an, verso begins with: hadha du'a khatumu, Arabic in white muhaqqaq script, vocalized in white; one of a group of 5 bound folios (F1932.66-70) from the manuscript (F1932.65); accessioned separately.

  Border: The recto is set in gold, red, and blue rulings on cream-colored paper with a marginal medallion; the verso is set in gold and lapis illuminated border on cream-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1932

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1932 [1]

  From 1932

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1932 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. See also 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 Manuscript Illumination (January 23, 1984 to December 10, 1984)

  Art of the Court of Shah Tahmasp (December 16, 1979 to August 14, 1980)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  S?afavid dynasty, 1501-1736, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an, Sura 114

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script, Muhaqqaq script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts