2011.494: Folio from a manuscript of the Qur'an

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2011.494

Title

Folio from a manuscript of the Qur'an

Classification

Manuscripts

Work Type

manuscript folio

Date

9th-10th centuries

Places

Creation Place: Middle East

Period

Abbasid period

Culture

Arab

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/336991

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on parchment

Dimensions

23.8 x 33 cm (9 3/8 x 13 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Possibly Rudoph Riefstahl Sr. (before 1936), by descent; to Rudolph Riefstahl Jr., Ann Arbor, 30 January 1975, sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd , California (1975-1986), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2011.

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

2011

Object Number

2011.494

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This is a folio detached from an `Abbasid-era Qur’an. It is written in Kufic script, with seven lines to the page, in dark brown ink on parchment. Vocalization marks are written in red and yellow. Verse stops are marked with gold dots or pendant-shaped marks in gold. The text consists of Sura 37:113-mid 115 (recto); and Sura 37: mid-115-118 (verso). The verso is the flesh side of the parchment. The verses concern Isaac; and Moses and Aaron who were given the book to guide their people.

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2550 Islamic, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/26/2016 - 11/01/2016

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