Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 26:225-227; Sura 27:1-14

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Shu'ara (the Poets) 26:225-227, recto begins with "nahum", gold heading, Sura al-Naml (the Ants) 27:1-6; verso: sura 27: 6-13 and part of 14, verso begins with "hakim 'alayim", gold verse marker; Arabic in black kufic script; vocalized in red; one column; 16 lines of text; one of a group of 2 folios.

• 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

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

  Islamic Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mrs. Kirkor 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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• Related Resources

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• Date

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

• Name

  Minassian, Kirkor

• Place

  North Africa, Near East

• Topic

  West Asia, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an, Sura 27, Sura 26

• Culture

  Muslims, Abbasids

• Object Type

  Manuscripts