Folio in a Qur'an

Object Details

• Description

  Folio within a bound Qur'an; recto: left-hand half of a finispiece; pious tracks and prayers in praise of the Qur'an; Arabic in white muhaqqaq script; verso: finispiece; Falnama; Persian in white nasta'liq script, title in white thuluth script; one of a group of 5 bound folios (F1932.66-70) from the manuscript (F1932.65); accessioned separately.

  Border: The recto/ verso are set in gold and lapis illuminated borders 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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Nasta?li-q script, Thuluth script, Muhaqqaq script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts