A section (juz') of a Qur'an

Object Details

• Description

  Manuscript; a section (Juz') of Qur'an; Sura al-Anbya (the Prophets) 21, Sura al-Hajj (the Pilgrimage) 22 with several missing folios; Arabic in black muhaqqaq script with interlinear Persian translation in naskh script; vocalized in black; 140 folios with a shamsa (fol. 1 recto), frontispiece (fol. 1 verso, 2 recto), and a finispiece (fol.140 recto), verse markers, marginal medallions; standard page: one column; 6 lines of text.

  Binding: The manuscript is bound in leather over paper pasteboards with blind tooling, geometrical interlace, and dot punches. The doublures are decorated with a dense pattern of interweaving 6- petalled and 12- petalled motifs.

• Provenance

  To 1940

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

  From 1940

  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

• 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

  1400s, 1200s

• Name

  Kevorkian, Hagop

• Topic

  Sura 22, Sura 21, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Naskh script, Muhaqqaq script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts