Folio from a Qur'an, Sura 74:38-54

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Muddaththir (the Cloaked One) 74: part of verse 38, and verses 39-47, recto begins with "bema kasabat"; verso: sura 74: 47-53, and part of 54, verso begins with " 'atayna"; Arabic in black "eastern kufic (New Style)" script with marginal gold roundel and illuminated rosette verse markers; vocalized in red and black; one column; eight lines of text.

• Provenance

  To 1979

  Adrienne Minassian, New York, to 1979 [1]

  From 1979 to 1997

  Ralph and Catherine Benkaim, Beverly Hills, CA, purchased from Adrienne Minassian in 1979 [2]

  From 1997

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Ralph and Catherine Benkaim in 1997

  Notes:

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

  [2] 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

  Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994)

  Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  The Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

• Type

  Manuscript

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• Date

  900s

• Name

  Minassian, Adrienne, Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine

• Topic

  Art, Sura 74, Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Writing, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Language

  Arabic language

• Object Type

  Manuscripts