Folio from a Qur'an, sura 87:1-19; sura 88:1-26; sura 89:1-7 and part of 8

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a Qur'an; recto: Sura al-a'la (the Most high), sura 87:1-19, Sura al-Ghashiya (the Overwhelming), sura 88:1-4, recto begins with "bismillah"; verso: sura 88:5-26, Sura al-Fajr (the Daybreak), sura 89:1-7 and part of 8, verso begins with "tusqay"; Arabic in black, blue, gold and white naskh, muhaqqaq and thuluth scripts; vocalized in black with red letters for recitation and reading; marginal medallions; inscription; one column, 14 lines of text; one of a group of twenty folios.

  Border: Text is set in gold, red and blue rulings on a paper with marginal medallions.

• 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

  Sura 88, Sura 87, Art, Henri Vever collection, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an, Sura 89

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Language

  Naskh script, Thuluth script, Muhaqqaq script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts