id:			114191
accession number:	1933.440.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.440.a
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:24.116000

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

* {'description': '<em>The Heritage of Islam</em>. Houston, TX; San Francisco, CA; Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, D.C. (March 10, 1982-September 5, 1983). no. 44', 'opening_date': '1982-03-10T00:00:00'}

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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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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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