- Provenance
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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.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Kirkor Minassian 1874-1944
- Description
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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.
- Published References
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- Anna Contadini. The Kitab Manafi 'al Hayawan in the Escorial Library. no. 3. p. 48, no. 5.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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