Folio from a Qur'an, recto: blank; verso: right-hand half of a double-page illumination, sura 17: part of verse 88

Object Details

• Description

  Detached folio from a Qur'an; recto: obliterated inscription; verso: right-hand half of a double-page illumination; facing folio (S 1986.74.2); opening with the first part of Sura al- isra (the night journey) 17: verse 88 in central shamsa; parts of Sura al-waqi'a (the inevitable) 56: 77-80 in upper and lower sarlawhs; Arabic in white thuluth script; one of a group of 22 folios.

• Provenance

  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.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Crushed Lapis and Burnished Gold: The Art of Illumination (June 9 to December 8, 1991)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Henri Vever (1854-1942)

  Georges Demotte (1877-1923)

  François Mautin (1907-2003)

• Origin

  Iran

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Smithsonian Unrestricted Trust Funds, Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program, and Dr. Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1600s, 1550s

• Name

  Mautin, Francois Albert, Demotte, Georges, Vever, Henri

• Topic

  Art, Henri Vever collection, Ottoman period (1307 - 1922), Arts of the Islamic World, Illumination, Sura 17, Qur'an

• Culture

  Muslims, Iranians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts