Illuminated folio from a bound volume of a juz' of the Qur'an

Object Details

• Description

  Bound folio from a volume of a juz' of the Qur'an; folio is paired with F1934.28; Sura Yusuf (Joseph) 12:52; Arabic in black "eastern kufic (New Style)" script; vocalized in red, blue, and green; roundel verse markers and palmettes; 2 lines of text; one of a group of 4 bound folios (F1934.25-28) from the manuscript (F 1934.24a-l).

• 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] See undated folder sheet note, object file, Collections Management Office. 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

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

  Islamic Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)

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

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

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

• 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

  Art, Writing, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an, Sura 12

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians, Abbasids

• Language

  Arabic language

• Object Type

  Manuscripts