Manuscript; Qur'an; Arabic in minute naskh script with gold chapter headings, and verse markers; vocalized in red; 32 folios with a double-page frontispiece (fols. 1 verso, 2 recto); illuminated borders; stamp; standard page, one column, 57 lines of text. Binding: The manuscript is bound in brown leather over paper pasteboards with gold tooling on the exterior covers and doublures of marbled paper. The envelope flap has a surface and border identical to that on the upper and lower covers. Doublures: stamp, Nizam-ul- Huq, Delhi, 1886. S.M. A. R. To 1907 Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), London, to 1907 [1] From 1907 to 1919 Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna in 1907 [2] From 1920 Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3] Notes: [1] See Original Catalogue of the Hanna Sale, Manuscripts, no. 4, pg. 28. See also, See Original List of Persian Miniatures and Manuscripts, Miscellaneous section of Inventory, S.I. 1586, pg. 192, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. [2] See note 1. [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. Freer Gallery of Art Collection Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) (C.L. Freer source) Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Collection
- Google Cultural Institute Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Date published
- 18th century
- Dates
- Mughal dynasty
- Format
- Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper
- Pages
- H x W (overall): 28.6 x 16.9 cm (11 1/4 x 6 5/8 in)
- Place Discussed
- India
- Provider
- Smithsonian Institution
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- F1907.274
- Rights
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/8043221adaadf6371490b9aaa646c7d3