Folio from a Qur'an, sura 44:37-59; sura 45:1-10

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Dukhan (the Smoke) 44:37-57; verso: sura 44:58-59, Sura al-Jathiya (the Crouching) 45:1-10; Arabic in black muhaqqaq script with round illuminated verse markers; vocalized in black; illuminated heading in thuluth script; one column; twelve lines of text.

  Border: The text is set in gold and black rulings on tan-colored paper.

• Provenance

  To 1969

  Adrienne Minassian, New York to 1969 [1]

  From 1969 to 1997

  Ralph and Catherine Benkaim, Beverly Hills, CA, purchased from Adrienne Minassian in 1969 [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 (see object file, Collections Management).

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Sub-Saharan Africa (July 16, 2021 - February 27, 2022)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

• Origin

  Egypt

• Credit Line

  The Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  1300s

• Name

  Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine

• Place

  Egypt

• Topic

  Sura 44, Art, Mamluk period (1250 - 1517), Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection, Arts of the Islamic World, Qur'an, Sura 45

• Culture

  Muslims

• Language

  Thuluth script, Muhaqqaq script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts