Folio from an unidentified text; recto: text; verso: illuminated medallion with two ornamental borders

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from an unidentified text; recto: text, 1 column, 11 lines; verso: a shamsa, illuminated medallion with a calligraphic inner border in kufic script and two ornamental outer borders.

  Border: The recto is set in gold, black and blue rulings on cream-colored paper. The shamsa is mounted on cream-colored paper.

• Inscriptions

  In roundel, inside rim, repetition of "The kingdom belongs to God" in kufic script.

• Provenance

  To 1933

  Kirkor Minassian (1974-1944), New York. [1]

  From 1933

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

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

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1400s, 1200s

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Topic

  Kufic script, Art, Shamsa, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts