Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 21, verses 111-12; Sura 22: 1-2

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Anbiya' (the Prophets) 21: part of 104, 105-110, one column, 13 lines of text; verso: Sura 21:111-112, illuminated sura divider with projection, Sura al-Haj (the Pilgrimage) 22:1-2, one column, 11 lines of text; Arabic in black kufic script set against a tinted green and blue background; vowels in red.

• Provenance

  To 1945

  Mrs. Kirkor Minassian, New York. [1]

  From 1945

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

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

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

  Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

  From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)

  Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)

  Islamic Art (November 3, 1944 to February 4, 1945)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Kirkor Minassian (1874-1961)

• Origin

  Probably North Africa

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

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

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Place

  North Africa

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids

• Object Type

  Manuscripts