Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura Saba' (Sheba) 34: 41-48, one column, 12 lines of text; verso: sura 34: 49-54 and title of Sura Fatir (Originator) 35 with the beginning Besmelah of sura 35, one column, 8 lines of text; Arabic in black muhaqqaq script with white thuluth script in an illuminated panel; gold rosette verse markers; vocalized in black; one of a group of 5 folios.
Border: The text is set in gold and black rulings on cream-colored paper.
Provenance:
To 1930
Kirkor Minassian, New York to 1930 [1]
From 1930
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Kirkor Minassian, New York in 1930 [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:
Engaging the Senses (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)
Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)
Near Eastern Art--Calligraphy (August 18, 1967 to February 10, 1972)
Untitled Exhibition, Persian and Near Eastern Art (May 5, 1933 to September 24, 1947)
