Fragment of a section (juz') of a Qur'an

Object Details

• Description

  Manuscript; A section (Juz') from the Qur'an; verses of Sura Hud (Prophet Hud) and Sura Yusuf (Prophet Joseph), sura 11, 12, verse 89 of sura 11 to verse 52 of sura 12 with few folios missing in between the verses; Arabic in black kufic script; vocalized in red, blue and green; 17 folios with illuminated double frontispiece (fols. 1 verso, 2 recto, and 2 verso, 3 recto), two double page finispieces (15 verso, 16 recto, and 16 verso, 17 recto), and roundels; standard page: one column, 4 lines of text.

  Folios 1934.25-28 are parts of the manuscript which have been accessioned separately.

  Binding: The manuscript is bound in modern cardboard.

  See "Notes" to correlate page numbers to accession numbers and components.

• Provenance

  To 1934

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

  From 1934

  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

  The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (October 22, 2016 to February 20, 2017)

  Islamic Calligraphy (May 14, 1981 to June 24, 1982)

• 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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 800s, 700s, 1100s, 1200s, 1000s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Sura 11, Frontispiece, Art, Finispiece, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an, Sura 12

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians, Abbasids

• Object Type

  Manuscripts