id:			114240
accession number:	1933.481.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.481.b
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Leaf from a Qur'an (verso), 1000s-1100s. Egypt ?. Ink, gold, and colors on paper; sheet: 41.2 x 29.7 cm (16 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.); text area: 28 x 19 cm (11 x 7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.481.b

title:				Leaf from a Qur'an (verso)
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creation date:			1000s-1100s
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Egypt ?
technique:	ink, gold, and colors on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Drawing
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measurements: Sheet: 41.2 x 29.7 cm (16 1/4 x 11 11/16 in.); Text area: 28 x 19 cm (11 x 7 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Sura al-Isra' [Chapter: The Israelites] (17: 57–part 59) (Arabic)
Script: Eastern Kufi (nine lines to a page)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Oriental Art
	opening date:   1962-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Oriental Art</i>. Berea College, Berea, KY (organizer) (November 1-December 1, 1962).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] 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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