Harvard Art Museums > 2012.4: Detached folio from a Qur'an Manuscripts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Detached folio from a Qur'an , 2012.4,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/337008. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. 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 Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
