id:			114265
accession number:	1933.493.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1933.493.a
updated:		2025-02-09 00:08:10.935000

Folio from a Qur'an (recto), 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.); text area: 18.5 x 25 cm (7 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1933.493.a

title:				Folio from a Qur'an (recto)
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creation date:			800s
creation date earliest:		800
creation date latest:		899
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creditline:			Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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culture:	Probably Egypt, Abbasid period (750–1258)
technique:	Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on parchment
department:	Islamic Art
collection:	Islamic Art
type:		Drawing
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measurements: Sheet: 23.7 x 33.7 cm (9 5/16 x 13 1/4 in.); Text area: 18.5 x 25 cm (7 5/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Sura al-Saad (38: 77-part 75-76).
Script: Kufi (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:		Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)
	opening date:   2018-10-30T04:00:00
	<i>Arts of Iran (Islamic art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 30, 2018-October 28, 2019).

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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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