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Qur'an

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At A Glance

  • Period

    December 1344-45 (Sha'ban 744 A.H.)

  • Geography

    Cairo, Egypt

  • Material

    Ink, color, and gold on paper

  • Dimension

    H x W x D (closed): 28.4 x 21.6 x 6.7 cm (11 3/16 x 8 1/2 x 2 5/8 in)

  • Accession Number

    F1999.9

  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1999.9

Object Details

  • Calligrapher

    Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Kamal ibn Yahya al-Ansari al-Mutatabbib

  • Description

    Manuscript; Qur'an; Arabic in black naskh script, headings in white kufic script, illuminated chapter headings in muhaqqaq script; vocalized in black and red; 226 folios with one illuminated frontispiece (fol. 1 verso-2 recto), 2 illuminated double-page composition (fols. 2 verso, 3 recto- fols. 221 verso, 222 recto), a double-page finispiece (fols. 222 verso, 223 recto), a colophon (fol. 223 verso), gold rosette verse markers, marginal medallions, marginal roundels; standard page: one column, 13 lines of text.
    Binding: The manuscript with an envelope flap is bound in red leather over paper pasteboards with blind tooling.

  • Inscriptions

    Colophon: folio 223 verso

  • Provenance

    Mr. Cledgeman [1]
    To 1999
    Mrs. Susanne K. Bennet, Washington, DC, to 1999
    From 1999
    Freer Gallery of Art, given by Mrs. Susanne K. Bennet in 1999
    Notes:
    [1] This object was formerly owned by Mr. Cledgeman, the donor's father (according to Curatorial Note 2, Massumeh Farhad, October 3, 1999, in the object record).

  • Collection

    Freer Gallery of Art Collection

  • Previous custodian or owner

    Mrs. Susanne K. Bennet (born 1938)

  • Origin

    Cairo, Egypt

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Susanne K. Bennet

  • Type

    Manuscript

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