Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 13:2-3

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Ra'd (the Thunder) 13: part of verse 2, recto begins with "al-shams"; verso: sura 13: last word of 2 and part of 3, verso begins with "tuqinuna"; Arabic in black kufic script; gold orbs stacked as pyramid-shaped verse markers; vocalized in red, brown, and green; one column; 3 lines of text.

• Inscriptions

  The name of the sura, al-Ra'd (the Thunder), is written in naskhi script in the corner of the folio.

• 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)

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

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

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 6 and 7 (February 25, 1956 to April 10, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1955 (April 12, 1955 to December 16, 1955)

  Special Exhibition, Near Eastern Art (September 15, 1953 to February 9, 1954)

  Untitled Exhibition, Islamic Manuscripts, 1947 (October 6, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Antoinette P. Minassian (1874-1961)

• Origin

  North Africa or Near East

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

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

• Name

  Minassian, Antoinette P.

• Place

  North Africa, Near East

• Topic

  Kufic script, West Asia, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an, Sura 13

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids

• Object Type

  Manuscripts