Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al- Ma'ida (the Table spread) 5: 12, recto begins with "wa amantum"; verso: sura 5:12 and part of 13, verso begins with "minkum"; Arabic in brown maghribi script; gold-knot verse marker; vocalized in green and yellow, diacritics in brown, tashdid and sukun in blue; one column; 7 lines of text; one of a group of 2 folios.
Provenance:
To 1929
Kirkor Minassian (1874-1944), New York, New York. [1]
From 1929
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York, New York. [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.
[2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
Islamic Art (May 9, 1993 to June 3, 1997)
From Concept to Context: Approaches to Asian and Islamic Calligraphy (July 28, 1986 to February 6, 1987)
Art of the Arab World (May 8, 1975 to August 20, 1977)
Near Eastern Art--Calligraphy (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
