Medium:

Ink, color, and gold on parchment

Dimensions:

H x W (overall): 23.9 x 33.5 cm (9 7/16 x 13 3/16 in)

Type:

Manuscript

Origin:

North Africa or Near East

Date:

8th-9th century

Period:

Abbasid period

Description:

Detached folio from a dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al- Hujurat (the Private chambers): 49: part of verse 11; verso: sura 49: part of verse 12, verso begins with "kathiran min"; Arabic in black kufic script; gold orbs stacked as pyramid-shaped verse markers; vocalized in red and yellow; one column; 7 lines of text; one of a group of 13 folios.

Provenance:

To 1930

Elizabeth T. Riefstahl, to 1930 [1]

From 1930

Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Elizabeth T. Riefstahl 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:

Arts of the Islamic World (May 3, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

Previous custodian or owner:

Elizabeth Titzel Riefstahl (1889-1986)

Topic:

Islam  Search this

Abbasid period (750 - 1258)  Search this

Qur'an  Search this

kufic script  Search this

West Asia  Search this

North Africa  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

sura 49  Search this

Credit Line:

Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Accession Number:

F1930.67

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye394c6294d-83a8-4bc4-865f-9c572e5fe83a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1930.67