- Provenance
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To 1979
Adrienne Minassian, New York, to 1979 [1]From 1979 to 1997
Ralph and Catherine Benkaim, Beverly Hills, CA, purchased from Adrienne Minassian in 1979 [2]From 1997
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, given by Ralph and Catherine Benkaim in 1997Notes:
[1] According to Provenance Remark 1 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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Ralph (1914-2001) and Catherine Benkaim
Adrienne Minassian 1913-1994
- Description
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Detached folio from dispersed copy of the Qur'an; recto: Sura al-Muddaththir (the Cloaked One) 74: part of verse 38, and verses 39-47, recto begins with "bema kasabat"; verso: sura 74: 47-53, and part of 54, verso begins with " 'atayna"; Arabic in black "eastern kufic (New Style)" script with marginal gold roundel and illuminated rosette verse markers; vocalized in red and black; one column; eight lines of text.
- Published References
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- Thomas Lawton, Thomas W. Lentz. Beyond the Legacy: Anniversary Acquisitions for the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. vol. 1 Washington, 1998. pp. 144-147.
- The Qur'ān. Norton Critical Editions, 1st ed. New York, 2017. p. 350.
- Collection Area(s)
- Arts of the Islamic World
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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