id: 114264
accession number: 1933.493
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.493
updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:24.476000
Folio from a Qur'an, 800s. Probably Egypt, Abbasid period (750–1258). Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on parchment; sheet: 23.7 x 33.7 cm (9 5/16 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.493
title: Folio from a Qur'an
title in original language:
series:
series in original language:
creation date: 800s
creation date earliest: 800
creation date latest: 899
current location:
creditline: Edward L. Whittemore Fund
copyright:
---
culture: Probably Egypt, Abbasid period (750–1258)
technique: Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on parchment
department: Islamic Art
collection: Islamic Art
type: Drawing
find spot:
catalogue raisonne:
---
CREATORS
---
measurements: Sheet: 23.7 x 33.7 cm (9 5/16 x 13 1/4 in.)
state of the work:
edition of the work:
support materials:
inscriptions:
inscription: Recto: Sura al-Saad (38: 77-part 75-76).
Verso: Sura al-Saad (38: part 77-80).
translation:
remark:
---
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Art: The International Language
opening date: 1956-10-02T04:00:00
Art: The International Language. The Cleveland Museum of Art (October 2-November 4, 1956).
title: Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)
opening date: 2018-10-30T04:00:00
Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).
---
LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
---
PROVENANCE
(Ananda K. Coomaraswamy [1877-1947] sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1933
footnotes:
citations:
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1933-
footnotes:
citations:
---
fun fact:
digital description:
wall description:
---
RELATED WORKS
---
CITATIONS
---
IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.493/1933.493_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.493/1933.493_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1933.493/1933.493_full.tif