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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.4
Title
Detached folio from a Qur'an
Classification
Manuscripts
Work Type
manuscript folio
Date
9th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iraq
Period
Abbasid period
Culture
Arab
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/337008

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment
Dimensions
8.3 x 12.7 cm (3 1/4 x 5 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rudolph Riefstahl Sr., New York, (before 1936), by descent; to Rudolph Riefstahl Jr., Ann Arbor, Michigan, (1936-1975), sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd , California (1975-1986), bequest; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012

NOTE:
Stored at the San Diego Museum of Art from some time before 1986 until 1991, then at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1991-2011.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.4
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This is a detached folio from a very small `Abbasid-era Qur’an. It is written in Kufic script, with thirteen lines to the page, in brownish black ink on parchment. Vocalization is marked with red dots. Section marks are shown with golden circles (section 7 on recto) or rosettes (section 8 on verso). Most likely every tenth verse is marked in gilded writing in the margin (here next to the 60th verse of sura 6). The text consists of Sura 6 (Al-Anaam/ the Cattle): 55 (last two words) - 60 (recto); and 6: 61-68 (verso). The verso is the flesh side of the parchment and thus ink is less well preserved. 23 additional folios from the same Qur'an is now in the Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C (F1997.27.1-23a-b).

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/02/2016 - 04/26/2017

Verification Level

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