- Provenance
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To 1932
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York to 1932 [1]From 1932
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Hagop Kevorkian, New York in 1932 [2]Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
- Previous Owner(s)
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Hagop Kevorkian 1872 - 1962
- Description
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Manuscript; the Qur'an with selection of prayers and a falname; Arabic in black naskh script with white headings in illuminated cartouches in thuluth, muhaqqaq, and nasta'liq script; vocalized in black; 288 folios with 2 shamsa (1 verso, 2 recto) a frontispiece (2 verso, 3 recto), a sarlawh (3 verso), and 3 finispiece (287 verso, 288 recto/verso); inscriptions (fols. 12 recto, 204 recto); rosette verse markers; gold roundels; marginal medallions, inscribed marginal medallions containing the word "ashr" (ten) indicating the end of a tenth verse and the word "juz" (part); standard page: one column; 15 lines of text. Bound folios F1932.66-70 of the same manuscript are accessioned separately.
Border: The manuscript is bound in modern red leather over paper-pasteboards.
- Inscription(s)
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Fol. 12 recto, waqf Ghara Mustafa Pasha.
"Endowments of Ghara Mustafa Pasha."
Fol. 204 recto, waqf
"Inalienable donation."
- Published References
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- Freer Gallery of Art. Gallery Book I: Exhibition of September 1934. Washington, D.C. .
- Dr. Esin Atil. Exhibition of 2500 Years of Persian Art. Exh. cat. Washington, 1971. pl. 8.
- Dr. Massumeh Farhad Serpil Bagci. Falnama: The Book of Omens. Exh. cat. Washington, October 24, 2009 - January 24, 2010. p. 227, fig. 7.2.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum