Folio from a Qur'an, sura 83:1-36; sura 84:1-15

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Mutaffifin (the Defrauding), sura 83: 1-28 and part of 29, recto begins with "Bismillah", one column, 15 lines of text; verso: sura 83:29-36, Sura al-Inshiqaq (the Sundering), sura 84:1-14 and part of 15, verso begins with "ajramua", one column, 14 lines of text; Arabic in black, blue, white and gold naskh and muhaqqaq scripts, sura headings in white thuluth script, vocalized in black with red letters for reading and recitation, marginal medallion and inscription; one of a group of twenty folios.

  Border: Text is set in gold, red, blue and purple rulings on cream-colored paper with marginal medallions.

• Inscriptions

  Recto: bottom left: waqf (endowment)

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Intimate Rituals and Personal Devotions: Spiritual Art Through the Ages (August 12, 2000 to January 14, 2001)

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1550s

• Topic

  Art, Henri Vever collection, Sura 84, Sura 83, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Language

  Naskh script, Thuluth script, Muhaqqaq script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts