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Detached folio from a Qur'an

Detached folio from a Qur'an

ManuscriptsArab9th century

Detached folio from a Qur'an

9th century

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).

Classification

Manuscripts

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment

Culture

Arab

Period

Abbasid period

Century

9th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

8.3 x 12.7 cm (3 1/4 x 5 in.)

Provenance

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.

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