A section juz' of a Qur'an, sura 67-sura 77

Object Details

• Description

  Manuscript; A section (juz') of the Qur'an; Arabic in black naskhi and muhaqqaq scripts with blue, green, and gold chapter headings in thuluth script; marginal inscriptions indicating the end of a fifth or tenth verse "khams" or "ashr"; vocalized in black with red letters for recitation and reading; 30 folios with Qur'an verses from sura 67- sura77; standard page: one column; 7 lines.

  Binding: The manuscript is bound in leather over paper pasteboards with blind tooling. The envelop flap has a scalloped medallion at the tip of the flap. The doublures are of cream-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1937

  Elizabeth T. Riefstahl, New York. [1]

  From 1937

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Elizabeth T. Riefstahl, New York. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Elizabeth Titzel Riefstahl (1889-1986)

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1500s

• Name

  Riefstahl, Elizabeth Titzel

• Topic

  Art, Sura 69, Sura 68, Sura 67, Sura 77, Sura 76, Sura 75, Sura 74, Sura 73, Sura 72, Sura 71, Sura 70, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Language

  Naskh script, Thuluth script, Muhaqqaq script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts