Folio from a Qur'an, sura 7:13-24

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al- Araf (the Heights) 7: part of 13, 14-19, and part of 20; verso: sura 7:20-23 and part of 24; Arabic in gold naskhi script outlined in black; inscribed illuminated rosette verse markers; marginal medallions containing the word "ashrun" (twenty) indicating end of a twentieth verse; vocalized in red, diacritics in red, letters for recitation and reading in blue, sukun in blue; one column; 9 lines of text.

• Previous custodian or owner

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944)

• Provenance

  To 1937

  Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944), New York. [1]

  From 1937

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

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Sura 7, Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims

• Language

  Naskh script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts