Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 47:9-15

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; Sura Muhammad (Muhammad) 47:9-14 and part of 15, beginning word "dhalika", reverse blank; Arabic in black kufic script; verse marker; vowels in red; one column; thirteen lines of text.

• Provenance

  To about 1957

  John Goelet, New York to about 1957 [1]

  From about 1957

  Rudolf Meyer Riefstahl II, acquired from John Goelet in about 1957 [2]

  To 1997

  Sophia Riefstahl, New Bedford, MA, acquired from Rudolf Meyer Riefstahl II, to 1997 [3]

  From 1997

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from Sophia Riefstahl in 1997

  Notes:

  [1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  John Goelet

  Rudolf Meyer Riefstahl II (d. 2011)

  Sophia Riefstahl

• Origin

  North Africa or Near East

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds

• Type

  Calligraphy

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  800s

• Name

  Goelet, John, Riefstahl, Rudolf Meyer, Riefstahl, Sophia

• Place

  North Africa

• Topic

  Kufic script, West Asia, Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an, Sura 47

• Culture

  Muslims

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)