Folio from a Qur'an

Object Details

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  Imaging the Word: Selections of Calligraphy from the Islamic World (November 17, 1999 to May 7, 2000)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian in memory of Dr. Abolbashar Farmanfarmaian

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  900s, 800s

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts