id:			114249
accession number:	1933.488.b
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.488.b
updated:		2025-05-21 11:19:30.304000

Page from a Qur'an (verso), 1100s. Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194). Ink, gold, and colors on paper; sheet: 30.6 x 20 cm (12 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); text area: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1933.488.b

title:				Page from a Qur'an (verso)
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1199
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Iran, Seljuq period (1037–1194)
technique:	ink, gold, and colors on paper
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Calligraphy
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measurements: Sheet: 30.6 x 20 cm (12 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Text area: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Sura al-Waqi'ah (56: part 26-part 61).
Script: Eastern Kufi (twenty-three lines to a page)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Islamic art rotation
	opening date:   2017-12-07T05:00:00
	<i>Islamic art rotation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 7, 2017-October 29, 2018).

	title:		Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2024-05-17T04:00:00
	<i>Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 17, 2024-May 11, 2025).

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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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