Harvard Art Museums > 2014.400: Manuscript of the Quran, with lacquer binding 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"Manuscript of the Quran, with lacquer binding , 2014.400,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/351914. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 2014.400 Title Manuscript of the Quran, with lacquer binding Classification Manuscripts Work Type manuscript Date 1794 and 1812-1813 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran Period Qajar period Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/351914 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, copper particles, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard (covers) Ink, gold, and colors on paper (text) Dimensions 20.9 × 13.6 × 3.1 cm (8 1/4 × 5 3/8 × 1 1/4 in.) Text area: 15.5 × 9.6 cm (6 1/8 × 3 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: The front and back covers carry an Arabic poem. A date on the back reads: حرره فی ۱۲۲۷ Penned in the year 1812-13 Front cover: لك الحمد يا ذا الجود و المجد والعلی تباركت تعطي من تشاء و تمنع إلهي وخلاقي وحرزي و موئلي إليك لدى الإعسار و اليسر أفزع إلهي لئن أعطيت نفسي سؤلها فها أنا في أرض الندامة أرتع إلهي لئن جلت وجمَّت خطيئتي فعفوك عن ذنبي أجل وأوسع إلهي لئن عذبتني ألف حجة فحبل رجائي منك لا يتقطّع Back cover: إلهي لئن کرامتنی طرد.. … إلهي أذقني طعم عفوك يوم لا بنون ولا مال هنالك ينفع إلهي… خایفا لک الهی اخشع الهی کنت صانعا ....صنیع إلهي لئن فرَّطت في طلب التقي فهاأنا إثر العفو أقفو و أتبع قال علی ابن ابی طالب علیه السلام المر و عنه علیه السلام من عرف نفسه فقد عرف ربه حرره فی ۱۲۲۷ Provenance Recorded Ownership History Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of A. Soudavar in memory of his mother Ezzat-Malek Soudavar Accession Year 2014 Object Number 2014.400 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 The Qur'an manuscript opens with double illuminated text pages of sura 1 and beginning of sura 2. The remaining text is written in black ink in naskh script,15 lines to a page. Sura headings are written in gold on red ground. The colophon at the end of the Qur'an gives the names of the scribe, Hasan al-Khwansari who finished copying it in Rabi I 1209 H (October 1794) for Hajj Muhammad Rafi' Khalaf. The lacquer binding on the outside is arranged with a central medallion and pendants and four corner pieces. There are further cartouches with inscriptions in the framing border. The inner covers are decorated with floral arabesques on red ground. The cover bears the date 1227 H (1812-13). Publication History Massumeh Farhad and Mary McWilliams, ed., A Collector’s Passion: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar and Persian Lacquer, Harvard Art Museums and Freer/Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution (Cambridge, MA/Washington, D.C., 2017), p. 38, ill.; pp. 40, 42-43, figs. 6-7; p. 96, cat. 10 Exhibition History 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/17/2017 - 01/07/2018 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
