Detached folio from a Qur'an, sura 25:59-77; sura 26:1-48

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; right-hand half recto: Sura al-Furqan ( the Criterion) 25: part of verse 59 and verses 60-70; right-hand half verso: sura 25:71-77, illuminated heading of Sura al-Shu'ara (the Poets) 26:1-7; left-hand half recto: sura 26: 7-27; left-hand half verso: sura 26:27-48; Arabic in black naskh script with an illuminated heading in thuluth script, gold verse markers and marginal roundels containing the word "ashr" (ten) indicating the end of a tenth verse and the word "khams" (five) indicating the end of the fifth verse; vocalized in black with red letters for recitation; one column; 14 lines of text.

  Border: The text is set in gold and blue rulings on a paper with floral motifs and marginal roundels.

• Provenance

  To 1998

  Private collector, acquired in Syria, to 1998 [1]

  From 1998

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by a private collector in 1998

  Notes:

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

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Art of the Qur’an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (October 22, 2016 to February 20, 2017)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Anonymous

• Origin

  Turkey

• Credit Line

  Anonymous gift in honor of Lora and Ralph Redford

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1550s

• Name

  Redford, Scott

• Topic

  Art, Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Qur'an, Sura 26, Sura 25

• Culture

  Muslims, Turks

• Language

  Naskh script, Thuluth script

• Object Type

  Manuscripts