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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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
Islamic art rotation. 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
Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). 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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