Finispiece from a Qur’an, recto: text: sura 113:1-5, sura 114:1-6; verso: text: right-hand half of a double-page finispiece
Detached bifolio from a Qur’an; recto: Sura al-Falaq (the Daybreak) 113:1-5, Sura al-Nas (the Mankind) 114:1-6, recto begins with “bismillah”; verso: right-hand half of a double-page finispiece, detached from the facing folio (S1986.73.2); prayers and pious tracts following the last sura of the Qur’an, “al-du’a ba’d khatm al-Qur’an” (prayers after complete recitation of the Qur’an), verso begins with “al- du’a”; Arabic in black, white, blue and gold naskh and muhaqqaq scripts; headings in gold and blue muhaqqaq script and white thuluth script; vocalized in black; inscription; one column; 11 lines of text; one of a group of twenty folios.
Border: The recto is set in gold, red and blue rulings on cream-colored paper with marginal medallions; the verso is set in an illuminated border.
- Provenance
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To 1910
Georges Demotte (1877-1923), Paris, France. [1]From 1910 to 1942
Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, purchased from Georges Demotte, Paris, France on August 1, 1910. [2]From 1942 to 1986
Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France. [3]From 1986
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France. [4]Notes:
[1] See Glen D. Lowry and Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 2: Ledger of Acquisitions, 1894 and 1907-17" in A Jeweler’s Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 230. See also Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 400.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office.
[4] See note 3.
- Previous Owner(s)
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Henri Vever 1854 - 1942
Georges Demotte 1877 - 1923
Francois Mautin French, born 1907
- Description
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Detached bifolio from a Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Falaq (the Daybreak) 113:1-5, Sura al-Nas (the Mankind) 114:1-6, recto begins with "bismillah"; verso: right-hand half of a double-page finispiece, detached from the facing folio (S1986.73.2); prayers and pious tracts following the last sura of the Qur'an, "al-du'a ba'd khatm al-Qur'an" (prayers after complete recitation of the Qur'an), verso begins with "al- du'a"; Arabic in black, white, blue and gold naskh and muhaqqaq scripts; headings in gold and blue muhaqqaq script and white thuluth script; vocalized in black; inscription; one column; 11 lines of text; one of a group of twenty folios.
Border: The recto is set in gold, red and blue rulings on cream-colored paper with marginal medallions; the verso is set in an illuminated border.
- Inscription(s)
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Recto: waqf (endowment)
- Published References
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- Glenn D. Lowry, Milo Cleveland Beach, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, Susan Nemanzee, Janet Snyder. An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. cat. 30, p. 23.
- Glenn D. Lowry Susan Nemanzee. A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the Book from the Vever Collection. Washington and Seattle. p. 42, fig. 17.
- Henry René d'Allemagne. Du Khorassan au pays des Backhtiaris, trois mois de voyage en Perse. Paris. p. 320.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Rights Statement
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Copyright with museum
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