id:			114191
accession number:	1933.440.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.440.a
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:03.565000

Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto), 1200s-1300s. Southern Spain. Ink, gold, and color on parchment; sheet: 52.7 x 55.4 cm (20 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.); text area: 46.5 x 44 cm (18 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.440.a

title:				Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto)
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creation date:			1200s-1300s
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1399
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Southern Spain
technique:	ink, gold, and color on parchment
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Manuscript
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measurements: Sheet: 52.7 x 55.4 cm (20 3/4 x 21 13/16 in.); Text area: 46.5 x 44 cm (18 5/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Sura al-Nur [Chapter: The Light] 24:part 59-part 61 (Arabic)
Maghribi (seven lines to a page)
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	remark:		

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art: The International Language
	opening date:   1956-10-02T04:00:00
	<i>Art: The International Language</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2013-12-16T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 16, 2013-December 15, 2014).

	title:		Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2019-10-29T04:00:00
	<i>Al-Andalus: Art from Islamic Spain (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 2019-October 25, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Heritage of Islam</em>. Houston, TX; San Francisco, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, D.C. (March 10, 1982-September 5, 1983). no. 44

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PROVENANCE

	(Mehmet Aga-Oglu [1896–1949], Ann Arbor, MI, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1933
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1933-
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wall description:
This page from the “Chapter of Light” (24:59–61) in the Qur'an is written in the monumental script of Islamic Spain and North Africa, known as Maghribi Kufic. Words flow rhythmically with curving flourishes toward the left margin where letters end in almost perfect semicircles, an elegant hallmark that contrasts with the upright shafts. Distinctive markings—vowels in red and diacritics in blue—identify the vocalization of the text, which would have been read or recited aloud to an assembly.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 110-111
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