Medium:

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment

Dimensions:

H x W: 12.5 x 9.4 cm (4 15/16 x 3 11/16 in)

Type:

Manuscript

Origin:

Iran

Date:

June 905 (Sha'ban 292 A.H.)

Description:

Detached folio from dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Muddaththir (the Cloaked One) 74: part of verse 38, and verses 39-47, recto begins with "bema kasabat"; verso: sura 74: 47-53, and part of 54, verso begins with " 'atayna"; Arabic in black "eastern kufic (New Style)" script with marginal gold roundel and illuminated rosette verse markers; vocalized in red and black; one column; eight lines of text.

Provenance:

To 1979

Adrienne Minassian, New York, to 1979 [1]

From 1979 to 1997

Ralph and Catherine Benkaim, Beverly Hills, CA, purchased from Adrienne Minassian in 1979 [2]

From 1997

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Ralph and Catherine Benkaim in 1997

Notes:

[1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

National Museum of Asian Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Imaging the Word: Selections of Calligraphy from the Islamic World (November 17, 1999 to May 7, 2000)

Previous custodian or owner:

Adrienne Minassian (1913-1994)

Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

Topic:

Islam  Search this

Qur'an  Search this

eastern kufic script  Search this

Iran  Search this

Arts of the Islamic World  Search this

sura 74  Search this

Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection  Search this

Credit Line:

The Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

Accession Number:

S1997.92

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Related Online Resources:

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye33351e487-8d07-49d2-b1b0-a4ef9a43d1c5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_S1997.92